Hi Chris
I use Plasma etc. stuf from Experimental and plan to use it along the way,
until it arrives in Sid, testing, etc. The default on my machines
is testing, I install stuf from Experimental only based on my interests,
KDE being one of them, so non-KDE packages are installed from testing or
sid if needed.
I install latest-and-greatest of Frameworks and Plasma, as they ought to go
together, just following the upstream releases. I am very satisfied with de
KDE packages in Debian as they are available after a couple of days of the
upstream release. This allows me to follow and interact with the upstream
communications on KDE while using a stable Debian environment. I cannot
thank the team enough for this!
Regards,
Luc
Op za 1 mei 2021 om 16:22 schreef inkbottle :
> On Wednesday, April 14, 2021 11:03:32 PM CEST Luc Castermans wrote:
> > My computer just pulled KDE Frameworks 5.81.0 from Experimental.
>
> I've myself switched to "Plasma 5.21.4". Like, not planing to go back.
> It allows me to use kwin-wayland by fixing:
>
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=404092
>
> I answer here because it seems the first post in that line.
>
> I'd be happy to hear about:
>
> How did you manage to install the binaries related to the source package,
> but
> only those that you need. Sort of.
>
> I've myself be guided to the line:
>
> `apt install -t experimental $(dpkg -l | grep 5.20.5 | awk '/^ii/ {print
> $2}')`
>
> And about pinning experimental with a low priority...
>
> And also:
>
> Do you feel that "Plasma 5.21.4" is working better when with "Frameworks
> 5.81.0"?
>
> Or that, if I'm satisfied with Plasma-5.21.4, I shouldn't bother with
> Framework-5.81.0?
>
> (Satisfied here is more a question of "how much" than of "yes or no".
> Certainly
> there are plenty of things that are not performing the way they should.
> But
> the feeling is that Wayland is more stable, more robust, faster: better in
> every way that really matter. And no, the bells and whistles are not there
> yet. And plenty of small things are crashing, but the desktop itself seems
> dependable. And if something is not working with Wayland, you can expect
> there'll be a fix someday.)
>
> Anyway:
>
> How do you manage installs and upgrades related to Experimental Framework
> and
> Plasma?
>
> What is you level of satisfaction about it?
>
> Are you planing to keep on using them, until they come to unstable in a
> distant future?
>
> I don't suppose you are usually using experimental as your regular debian
> source?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
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Luc Castermans
mailto:luc.casterm...@gmail.com
