On Monday 17 November 2014 14:37:54 Scott Kitterman wrote: > Ktorrent is the current default torrent client that we provide in > Kubuntu. Now that we've transitioned to Plasma 5, it's no longer > buildable/installable in "Vivid". > > The upstream web site is down: http://ktorrent.org/ > > I looked in KDE git and there's no sign of a KF5/Plasma 5 port: > https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/ktorrent/reposi > tory > > My conclusion is that ktorrent isn't an option for Vivid, so we > either need to stop shipping a torrent client or pick a different > one. Since torrent is one of the major distribution mechanisms > for Kubuntu images, I think we should continue to recommend a > torrent client in Kubuntu Desktop. > > I took a look at the currently packaged alternatives and > qbittorrent seems like the obvious choice. It's Qt based and is > actively maintained in Debian and upstream. > > Anyone have other suggestions? > > I'll probably go ahead and make this change shortly. We can always > switch to something else if we conclude there's a better option. > Ktorrent being seeded is one of the reasons the LiveFS builds are > currently failing.
Just curious, do imply that you do not ship any Qt4/KDE4 applications? It will be a while until everything is ported, and Qt4/KDE4 applications are supposed to work in a Plasma 5 desktop. Christoph Feck KDE Quality Team -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
