Jason Bailey, Sun Advocate Webmaster wrote:
Sven Burmeister wrote:
Am Dienstag, 27. Januar 2009 18:43:31 schrieb Jason Bailey, Sun Advocate Webmaster:
I was just going to ask if there were official 4.2 (final) rpms for SUSE. Of those of you who are running 4.2, are you using a RC, or the final version? If there is a repository for 4.2 final, can you tell me where it is?
Google + kde4 + opensuse gets you to: http://en.opensuse.org/KDE4
Sven
I saw that after my last post, but I had to wonder if the KDE 4.2 there is based on a release candidate, as they are labeled "UNSTABLE". Does anyone know if the KDE 4.2 posted there is based on the final (i.e. GM) 4.2 officially released today?
When I had opensuse 11.0, I did several KDE 4.x upgrades... all with just a few clicks. It would be nice to do the same here, assuming again that the opensuse sources contain the final/stable version of KDE 4.2, and not a RC or beta.
Maybe there isn't a seamless and simple way to simply upgrade 4.1.3 to 4.2 GM (yet), especially without dependency problems. Can anyone comment on this?
Here is a copy of a message I posted yesterday in opensuse-factory re 4.2 followed by the response I received to my questions. Both will answer everyone's queries about updating to KDE4.2 QUOTE In anticipation of the release of KDE4.2 Final later today I would like to firstly state what my current situation is re having KDE4.2 RC1 on my system, and also ask a couple of questions. I am running oS 11.1 with KDE4.2RC1 - at least this is what the logon screen suggests when queried; but I am wondering if I *am* running all the correct files necessary for 4.2RC1. I am using the following repositories which I *believe* are the correct ones to have used to have 4.2RC1 on the system for testing (but the naming convention used in the repos is a tad confusing): http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Extra-Apps/ope... http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Factory:/Desktop/openSU... http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/KDE4:/Community/openSUSE_11.1... I also have these which are used for the original 4.1 installation: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Community/openSUSE_11.1 http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Backports/openSUSE_11.1 My questions are, (1) have I used the correct repositories above (the first 3 in particular) to have 4.2RC1 for testing on my system, and (2) will using these repositories also update my system to KDE4.2 Final when it is released later today? UNQUOTE The response I received from Martin: QUOTE Tirsdag 27 januar 2009 05:56:01 skrev Basil Chupin:
My questions are, (1) have I used the correct repositories above (the first 3 in particular) to have 4.2RC1 for testing on my system, and (2) will using these repositories also update my system to KDE4.2 Final when it is released later today?
Yes and yes. Just remember a couple of things: 1) kde4:/factory flavour is openSUSE development - so even though the code is officially released and "stable" from a KDE point of view, the packages remain pre-alpha and under active development from the openSUSE point of view. 2) if you don't pay attention (planetsuse.org or -kde mailinglist) kde4:/factory repositories might change to 4.3 beta right under your feet in 2-4 months time - depending on how the 11.2 roadmap turns out, when it's finally published. UNQUOTE I really don't recall any dependency problem but if there were then to the errors reply "Ignore some dependency problems for kde4" (or close enough to this :-) ). Hope this does answer the queries. Ciao. -- "I do not instruct the uninterested; I do not help those who fail to try. If I mention one corner of a subject and the pupil does not deduce therefrom the other three, I drop him." Confucius -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org