Current situation

+KDE-3.5 =20

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-The latest testing version of KDE in the official Portage Tree is -3.5.10. This version only includes split ebuilds.

+The latest testing version of KDE 3 in the official Portage Tree is +3.5.10. This version only includes split ebuilds. +

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If you're having problems updating to a KDE version >3.5.7, please read = this

+KDE-4.1 + + +

+The latest version of KDE 4 in the official Portage Tree is 4.1.3= . This +version is also only availible via split ebuilds. We're currently in the= process +of requesting arch teams to keyword the ebuilds for other arches as we o= nly tested +the ebuilds in the amd64 and x86 arches. +

+ +

+KDE 4 is not yet marked stable as we feel it isn't sufficiently stable a= nd feature +complete - in particular when compared to KDE 3.5. At this time we estim= ate that +won't happen before the release of KDE 4.2 which is planned for 27/= 01/2009. +

+ + +

=20 -KDE 4 +KDE4 Overlays

-Official Gentoo KDE overlay - +Official Gentoo KDE overlays =20 +

-If you are a bold and daring Gentoo user, you might want to try the vers= ions -of KDE 4 which are now in the main Portage tree and are masked. Note tha= t KDE -4.0.x versions will not be removed from package.mask. +Some additional applications are located in kde-testing +overlay via layman. Things in there are considered somehow stable but no= t yet in +the tree. Please see the +Gentoo Overlays Users's Guide to get all information about how to = use it.

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-The KDE team maintains an official KDE overlay for experimental releases= and -ebuilds, mostly for KDE 4, which is called kde-testing in layman.= Please -see the Gentoo -Overlays Users's Guide to get all information about how to use it.= You -can get support for this overlay in #gentoo-kde and you can= help us -testing it before we move it to the tree. +If you are a bold and daring Gentoo user, you might want to try snapshot= or live +versions of KDE 4 which are not in the main Portage tree. +The KDE team (mostly its Herd Testers) maintains an official KDE overlay= for=20 +experimental releases and ebuilds, which is called kde-crazy in l= ayman.

-Currently, KDE 4.0 is in the main portage tree. KDE 4.1 (probably 4.1.1)= will -go into the tree soon. Starting with KDE 4.1 we only support split ebuil= ds. +You can get support for these overlays in #gentoo-kde and you can= help us +testing it before we move it to the tree.

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-These -scm ebuilds use a new EAPI, wittingly called kdebuild-1, which is -currently exclusively supported by the package manager Paludis. If you're interested in= these -new features you can find the of= ficial -kdebuild-1 page here. -

- - -Neither Portage nor pkgcore currently support the kdebuild-1 EAPI. The -respective developers are aware of this and may or may not be implementi= ng -support for it at the moment. Please don't bother them about this. - - Although the genkdesvn overlay is called kde in layman, it's in n= o way supported by the Gentoo KDE team. The overlay still uses this name becau= se it @@ -181,27 +191,6 @@ =20

-kdesvn-portage overlay - - -

-If you don't want to install Paludis and are interested in the bleeding-= edge -KDE or snapshot packages, this is your choice. This overlay also supplie= s you -with some extra packages for the stable KDE version which didn't make it= into -the tree yet. -

- -

-The website is ve= ry brief, -but feel free to join #gentoo-kde4-live= , as the -main action goes on there. The developers of this overlay also work clos= ely with -the official Gentoo KDE overlay. -

- - -

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The KDE team used to hold regular meetings in #gentoo-kde on the firs= t -Thursday of every month at 18:30 UTC. However, as the team is currently -under-staffed, regular meetings are not hold anymore. Whenever there is = a +Wednesday/Thursday of every month at 19:00 UTC. Whenever there is a meeting, it will be announced together with the agenda in the topic of <= uri link=3D"irc://irc.freenode.net/gentoo-kde">#gentoo-kde. Summaries = of each meeting will be available here, along with raw logs for public viewing. @@ -289,8 +277,7 @@ Upgrading to KDE 3.5.7/8: = Frequently Asked Questions -

KDE 4.X Guide (new version)=

KDE 4.0 Guide (old and outdated)<= /li> +

KDE 4.X Guide