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. I remember that when KDE 4 was released I used to run the live version, rebuilding everything every day. It was a very pleasant experience being able to witness how the programs improved, day after day. But I could do that because I could have both KDE 4 and KDE 3 installed at the same time: those days when a program I needed broke horribly in the KDE 4 live version, I could go on working using the KDE 3 version. Currently, if indeed KDE 4 and KDE 5 workspace can't be installed at the same time, I'll have to wait before trying the latter. Stefano
