Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde4 upgrading

2009-10-28 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 28 October 2009 02:28:43 James wrote: PS, if one of you really smart guys figures out mass/parallel upgrades, then I'd use that, even set up my own server to keep it efficient. I'm not smart enough (not enough time at current mental aptitude) to set all of that up, unless

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: kde4 upgrading

2009-10-28 Thread Stroller
I've edited your message when quoting it in order to meet my agenda. On 28 Oct 2009, at 00:28, James wrote: PS, if one of you really smart guys figures out mass/parallel upgrades, then I'd use that, even set up my own server to keep it efficient. I'm not smart enough (not enough time at

[gentoo-user] Re: kde4 upgrading

2009-10-27 Thread James
Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon at gmail.com writes: 4.3.2 seems to work fine for most folk. These days it's X causing grief, not KDE... OK, so I keep the system locked down on X (that it is using) and just deal with kde4 for now. Pick the primary workstation and get that one right, either

[gentoo-user] Re: kde4 upgrading

2009-10-27 Thread James
Frank Steinmetzger Warp_7 at gmx.de writes: aka how-to-update-many-machines-in-parallel Another possibility would be to compile on one machine and then distribute the binary packages using --buildpkg and --usepkg. That would only work of course if the hardware is identical and/or

[gentoo-user] Re: kde4 upgrading

2009-10-27 Thread Jonathan Callen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James wrote: kde-meta is ideal for me. I thought it was going away? Since kde(4)-meta is alive and well, that is my preferred method. I hope when kde-meta goes away (?) there is a migration plan? When this whole kde4 venture started for me (feb