Re: [gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/14/06, b.n. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well kde 3.5.1 is probably one of the most solid releases in a while. 3.5 > > had > > some issues, but so far 3.5.1 seems almost as mature as 3.4.4 was. YMMV. > > That's what I wanted to know. I think I'll begin to emerge it these days... Also reme

Re: [gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread b.n.
This will download binary source diffs against a previous release. So if you have the kdelibs-3.4 tar ball it will just get the delta tar ball that will contain the binary diff from kdelibs-3.4->kdelibs-3.5 CFLAGS are irrelevant here. It can save you a lot of bandwidth if the delta exists.

Re: [gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread Zac Slade
On Tuesday 14 February 2006 15:47, b.n. wrote: > However I did it now and I noticed the USE flag "kdexdeltas", which > description on gentoo-portage.com is: > > "kdexdeltas - Makes kde ebuilds download binary diffs rather than > entire new tarballs for every new release" > > how is it supposed to

Re: [gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread Philip Webb
060214 b.n. wrote: > I still can't see KDE 3.5 in the stable x86. I'm always grateful for the devs' unpaid work (big smile), but the KDE team does seem a bit over-cautious about stability sometimes. > I don't like to rely on unstable -- crashing, misworking -- apps The only problem I've had with

Re: [gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread b.n.
You can determine this yourself: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge -pv kde-base/kdebase-meta Shame on me. I did know... just didn't think about it. Oh, well, just came back from 10 hours in the lab. However I did it now and I noticed the USE flag "kdexdeltas", which description on gentoo-portage.co

Re: [gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/14/06, Ryan Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If I were to setup a KDE 3.5 environment, what packages aside from kde-base > should I setup with the ~amd64 exception in my /etc/portage/package.keywords > ? ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~amd64 emerge -pv kde-base/kdebase-meta I highly recommend using the -m

Re: [gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread Richard Fish
On 2/14/06, b.n. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2)Does kde 3.5 pulls in a lot of ~x86 dependecies? You can determine this yourself: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 emerge -pv kde-base/kdebase-meta > 3)What are current known bugs/instabilities/issues/what of KDE 3.5 > packages I should be aware of? I don't us

Re: [gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread Ryan Holt
If I were to setup a KDE 3.5 environment, what packages aside from kde-base should I setup with the ~amd64 exception in my /etc/portage/package.keywords ?On 2/14/06, Steven S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, b.n. wrote:> Hi,> I still can't see KDE 3.5 in the stable x86. Since I'd l

Re: [gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread Steven S.
On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, b.n. wrote: Hi, I still can't see KDE 3.5 in the stable x86. Since I'd like to try it, but I also don't like to rely on unstable (i.e. crashing, misworking) apps very much, I have a couple of questions for you... 1)What is the timeline for having 3.5 stable? If I have to

[gentoo-user] is kde 3.5 stable enough?

2006-02-14 Thread b.n.
Hi, I still can't see KDE 3.5 in the stable x86. Since I'd like to try it, but I also don't like to rely on unstable (i.e. crashing, misworking) apps very much, I have a couple of questions for you... 1)What is the timeline for having 3.5 stable? If I have to wait still 1 or 2 weeks, I don't