I ask again: On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 4:59 PM, Valorie Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:50 AM, Harald Sitter <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Valorie Zimmerman >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Harald Sitter <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Valorie Zimmerman >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 12:21 AM, Harald Sitter <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Valorie Zimmerman >>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Harald Sitter <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 1:47 AM, Jonathan Riddell <[email protected]> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 02, 2015 at 12:13:37AM -0800, Valorie Zimmerman wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 4:17 AM, Jonathan Riddell >>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> > writing the status here before we forget it.. >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > scarlett kindy did the backports of kf5 into utopic using the >>>>>>>>>> > kubuntu-ninjas >>>>>>>>>> > PPA (after some faff failing to get the kubuntu-next/staging ppa >>>>>>>>>> > to accept >>>>>>>>>> > them) >>>>>>>>>> > they were copied to kubuntu-ppa/next but then we had reports of >>>>>>>>>> > them causing >>>>>>>>>> > failed upgrades so they were deleted >>>>>>>>>> > I tidied up the backport of kglobalaccel which was breaking the >>>>>>>>>> > upgrades >>>>>>>>>> > Now when I try to copy them over to kubuntu-ppa/next it complains >>>>>>>>>> > there is >>>>>>>>>> > already that version of the package in kubuntu-ppa/next even >>>>>>>>>> > though there is >>>>>>>>>> > not ... >>>>>>>>>> > Jonathan >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Are we actually supporting next and next-backports for 14.10? My >>>>>>>>>> broken system makes it appear that we are not. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I suggest that we remove the notice about those in the KDE wiki, and >>>>>>>>>> suggest people either use one of the ISOs for 14.10 or install Beta 1 >>>>>>>>>> Vivid. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I've never had an upgrade leave me unable to login to KDE before. Not >>>>>>>>>> a good experience. I know that the next and next-backports are >>>>>>>>>> testing >>>>>>>>>> material, so I was fairly warned. But we've run out of time to >>>>>>>>>> support >>>>>>>>>> them, so let's cut our losses and put our energy into Vivid. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> This sounds like a realistic idea to me. We don't seem to have the >>>>>>>>> energy needed for a kf5 backport, we've said there won't be an upgrade >>>>>>>>> root for 14.10 plasma5 to 15.04, so we'd be perfectly ok it's just a >>>>>>>>> tech preview and it won't get any better.
::big snip:: > For now, shall I remove all advice to use next in > https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Packages#Kubuntu which is where we > always point people? > > That wiki page should be prominent in our > https://community.kde.org/Kubuntu space, I'm thinking. > > Since this is a matter of policy, can the rest of the council speak up please? Valorie -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
