On 10/12/2014 11:11 PM, Stefano Crocco wrote: > Excerpts from Michael Palimaka's message of 2014-10-04 19:37:04 +0200: >> On 10/04/2014 11:26 PM, behrouz khosravi wrote: >>> Hello everyone. >>> I was wondering if anyone has tried KDE5? >>> Do you know when it's going to be placed in the main tree? >>> >>> thanks >> >> Hi, >> >> The KDE release structure has evolved[1], decoupling the release cycle >> of the Platform, Workspace, and Applications. This means that there is >> no longer a single Software Compilation in the same way there was with >> KDE 4. >> >> We (Gentoo KDE team) have not yet made a decision as to when the Plasma >> 5 Workspace will be pushed to the main tree. I've been using it on a >> daily basis for about six months, and consider the next release (5.1.0) >> to be a good candidate for the main tree. >> >> The underlying Platform (KDE Frameworks 5) upon which Plasma 5 is built >> is expected in the main tree in about a week, after the 5.3.0 release. >> >> Best regards, >> Michael >> >> [1]: https://dot.kde.org/2013/09/04/kde-release-structure-evolves > > I'd love to try KDE 5. So far I've been able to install Frameworks from the > KDE > overlay. I then tried to install the workspace, but it seems that it can't > coexist with kde 4 (I get blockers from several kde 4 packages when trying to > install). Is this correct, or am I doing something wrong? I use paludis as > package manager, so maybe it behaves differently from portage and this is the > reason for the blockers.
Unfortunately Plasma 5 and KDE 4 Workspaces cannot coexist. This is an upstream decision.
