[gentoo-dev] KDE2.2 testing

[gentoo-dev] KDE2.2 testing

[Dan Armak]

Hi all,

The kde2.2 packages are available on cvs/rsync and have been for some time. 
Recently I cleaned up and unified them, and added object prelinking support 
(via objprelink USE flag). AFAIK kde2.2 is now stable and gentoo-ready; now 
we need both developers and users to test it, to uncover any 
bugs/typos/whatever and be able to unmask it with a clear conscience. Please 
reply, not only with bugs, but with success stories as well. (BTW I now use 
it myself with no trouble.)

Upgrade note: the gentoo /opt/kde${PV} system has one flaw, namely that it 
doesn't take the user-specific settings dir ~/.kde into account, and all kdes 
installed get to access the same dir. Therefore people upgrading from kde 
2.1.x or 2.0.x shuold make a backup of their ~/.lde, and restore it before 
using their old version of kde again.

BTW, tell us if there's any need for full support for multiple kde versions, 
or is upgrade-only support (as now) enough. Final note: a known TODO is 
adding support for multiple KDEDIRS in the path for libs/bins.


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Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team
Matan, Israel

Re: [gentoo-dev] KDE2.2 testing

[Achim Gottinger]

Dan Armak wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> The kde2.2 packages are available on cvs/rsync and have been for some time.
> Recently I cleaned up and unified them, and added object prelinking support
> (via objprelink USE flag). AFAIK kde2.2 is now stable and gentoo-ready; now
> we need both developers and users to test it, to uncover any
> bugs/typos/whatever and be able to unmask it with a clear conscience. Please
> reply, not only with bugs, but with success stories as well. (BTW I now use
> it myself with no trouble.)
> 
> Upgrade note: the gentoo /opt/kde${PV} system has one flaw, namely that it
> doesn't take the user-specific settings dir ~/.kde into account, and all kdes
> installed get to access the same dir. Therefore people upgrading from kde
> 2.1.x or 2.0.x shuold make a backup of their ~/.lde, and restore it before
> using their old version of kde again.

Hi Dan,

There is an easier way to use both versions parallel. take a look at
/opt/kde2/bin/startkde
there are a few lines about KDEHOME. This sounds like it is possible to
set the kde homedir via this 
variable.

If we patch this script to use .kde22 for example we are out of trouble.

Additionaly we can explicitly set KDEDIR in /usr/X11R6/bin/wm/kde22  to
/opt/kde2.2 
then both versions should coexist friendly, because KDE always adds
itself to LD_LIBRARY_PATH
before starting.

bye achim~

Re: [gentoo-dev] KDE2.2 testing

[Dan Armak]

Sounds interesting, I'll get on it. 

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Dan Armak
Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop Team
Matan, Israel