On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Andreas K. Huettel <dilfridge@gentoo.org>wrote:

>
> Hi Duncan,
>
> > According to a recent post on the dev list, the gentoo/kde project had
> > intended to try to stabilize kde 4.6.2, thus eliminating the hal
> > dependency for stable kde4, clearing the way for its removal from
> portage.
>
> ... and that's still the plan. Ever heard of the famous "30days"? :)
>
> > Meanwhile, 4.6.2 has actually been released.  Of course this is now
> beyond
> > that post, so it's my evaluation from here.  If 4.6.1 was a bit of a
> > regression, as from that post it evidently was, for me it was fine.  NOT
> > SO 4.6.2!  It has a couple nasty regressions that affect me personally,
> > with others affecting other folks, some of which are posting to the kde
> > user lists I follow -- WAY more than they did for the 4.6.1 upgrade.
> > Based both on posts to the kde lists and my own experience, 4.6.2 is
> > anything BUT a stable candidate!
>
> There were some initial problems with 4.6.2 but slowly it is shaping up
> now.
> Please file bugs (if there are not already) for your "nasty regressions"...
>
> The list of known issues [*] that is linked from my blog post also contains
> stuff that alone would not prevent stabilization (only regressions compared
> to
> 4.4 are even considered as stable blockers).
>
> However, you are correct with one thing. Upstream is making a big mess, and
> I'm already looking forward to curious new bug reports for 4.6.3...
>
> As for kde-3, I fear it is going to turn into a maintenance and security
> nightmare...
>
>
Ping me if you need anything KDE3 related, I'll try to do my best to get
kde-sunset up to par. I'm closely watching this mailing list for that fact.

Best regards,
Tiago


> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
>
> [*] https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?field0-0-0=blocked&resolution=---
> &query_format=advanced&type0-0-0=anywords&value0-0-0=354033&list_id=87497
>
> --
>
> Andreas K. Huettel
> Gentoo Linux developer
> dilfridge@gentoo.org
> http://www.akhuettel.de/
>
>