> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 10:19:03 +0200 > From: Ragnar Thomsen <[email protected]> > To: BLFS Development List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [blfs-dev] blfs-book post from > [email protected] requires approval > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote: > > How are the terms Frameworks and Workspaces defined? I understand apps and > > libs, but what are they trying to differentiate? > > Frameworks are the base libraries, i.e. corresponding to kdelibs > package in KDE4 + most of kde-runtime. > They split them up to reduce dependencies, and thus facilitate usage > outside of "KDE apps". >
'Reduce', yes, but still quite a heavy dep-chain; I hope that they contine to whittle it down. However, yes, an interesting project and with much potential: I do look forward to running some kde apps without a few gigs of libs &c hanging out the back of 'em. akh > Workspaces is the desktop, i.e. the window manager, desktop shell, > panel, basic system apps etc. > > As Armin noted, they will not be released synchronously any more. > When KDE 5.0 will be released in July, all applications will not yet > have been ported. I think at least dolphin, > konsole and kate/kwrite will be ready, but kmail and others will take > longer. So, I think that maybe we should > keep KDE4 in blfs for a while after KDE 5.0 is released. > > Btw. Nice work, Armin. Have you managed to get the 4.97.0 shell up and > running? It crashes on login for me. > > Sincereley, > Ragnar > -- > -- -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
