Hi Jeremy, there is good news, Norbert's continues to provide KDE packages e.g. for 5.19.2 , see https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/06/kde-plasma-5-19-2-for-debian/
Be aware I have not used them, all my desktop systems are on stable and as I try to avoid to have third party repos as much as possible for reasons for trust and stability. I am not sure which topic of https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian Marco is referring to, I am sure he understands that Norbert's packages are built and meant for Debian sid/bullseye, so none of the criteria for FrankenDebian applies: > Repositories that can create a FrankenDebian if used with Debian Stable: > - Debian testing release (currently bullseye) > - Debian unstable release (also known as sid) > - Ubuntu, Mint or other derivative repositories are not compatible with Debian! > - Ubuntu PPAs Norbert is a very experienced DD. I would not be too worried of breaking Debian with Norbert's packages as long as you follow Norbert's blog https://www.preining.info/blog/ and remember you are on testing or unstable anyways, if you use his packages. I am glad that he closes the gap that there is usually a delay between KDE releases and official Debian packages for them. I consider his packages as value add, since I am sure there are Debian users which need a recent KDE release (and if it is just to do a quick test in a VM for bugs fixed, new features,....) @Marco: Do you have any evidence that anybody broke his system, because he used Norbert's builds? Thanks Rainer Am Sonntag, 28. Juni 2020, 09:03:53 CEST schrieb Marco Valli: > In data domenica 28 giugno 2020 02:08:48 CEST, Jeremy Potter ha scritto: > > Norbert Preining (who is > > controversial for some reason?) had created a third-party repository with > > Plasma 5.18. > > https://www.preining.info/blog/2020/06/waste-of-resources-bye-bye-debian-kde > -team/ > > ps don't break Debian! > https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian > > regards -- Rainer Dorsch http://bokomoko.de/
