Dear Carl, On Friday 01 February 2013 06:32:46 Carl Fletcher wrote:
Using KDF in 12.2 for kde4.10RC3 My settings for Apper were: Check for distribution Upgrades: Never Check for Updates: Never
After the latest update on KDE Apper changes all those settings.
A new configuration file was introduced with the latest version of Apper. On a system level the old one was replaced, but of course the one installed in the user home directory remained. The new configuration file is called apper instead of apperrc. Both files are in the $HOME/.kde4/share/config directory
But now, even if I change them back to NEVER, apper continues to check and notify.
I have set apper to exactly the same setting and even after a reboot I can not reproduce this. Apper remains silent and does not check for possible updates.
Apper still doesn't work either. It's currently offering me a 4.8.5 stable update for kde! How stupid is that! Same old story.
As also discussed on IRC yesterday, the reason for this is that an updates provided for 12.2, will always be based on the KDE supplied with 12.2. As you are running 12.2, an update provided for 12.2 could have the requirement for KDE 4.8.5. With this we have to keep in mind for what Apper would be used. The target of apper is not to replace zypper or YaST software management. It should just be an applet that informs the user for possible updates which can then be installed. Zypper or YaST might not at all show the possible update (as that it has conflicting dependencies; downgrade of KDE) and we could also ask ourselves if that is correct ? Maybe this is an important update that is vital for the user. So both have their pro's and con's. We already took the decision in the past that we will provide the minor release updates of KDE through the standard maintainance channel, so that even less users would require additional repositories to stay up-to-date. All to make it easier and safer for the user. This means that an user doesn't need to have the KDE:Release:410 repository added to zypper, as that the 4.10.x releases will be provided through the standard 12.3 Update repository. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kde+owner@opensuse.org