Re: [gentoo-dev] News item: KDE Workspaces 4.11 and KDE profile removal

[Johannes Huber <johu@gentoo.org>]

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Am Samstag, 14. Januar 2017, 14:37:29 CET schrieb Andreas Sturmlechner:
> I've updated the news item based on feedback on my initial mail,
> thanks to jstein.
> 
> mva, anything missing in the list of profiles here? I've grepped
> profiles.desc for kde to get the current list.
> 
> Title: KDE Workspaces 4.11 and KDE profile removal
> Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
> Content-Type: text/plain
> Posted: 2017-01-08
> Revision: 1
> News-Item-Format: 1.0
> Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdebase-startkde
> Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdm
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv4/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv4t/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv5te/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv6j/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv7a/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/m68k/13.0/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/13.0/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
> Display-If-Profile:
> default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/32bit-userland/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile:
> default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/32bit-userland/desktop/kde/systemd
> Display-If-Profile:
> default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile:
> default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland/desktop/kde/systemd
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sh/13.0/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/13.0/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde
> Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd
> 
> KDE Workspaces 4.11 has reached end of life in Portage. Upstream dropped
> support in 2015-08-19, no security bugs have been fixed since then. It is
> therefore required for all users to upgrade to KDE Plasma 5.
> 
> KDM is being removed as well. Upstream recommends x11-misc/sddm instead
> which is pulled in by plasma-meta by default.
> OpenRC users edit /etc/conf.d/xdm and update DISPLAYMANAGER.
> Systemd users run: systemctl reenable sddm.service
> 
> Part of the cleanup will also be the KDE desktop profile, which is
> superseded by the Plasma desktop profile. Please follow the detailed
> upgrade guide.[1]
> 
> KDE Workspaces 4.11 packages will be moved to kde-sunset overlay.[2]
> 
> [1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE/Plasma_5_upgrade
> [2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay:Kde-sunset

Hi Andreas,

thanks that you take care of the needed news item. I would suggest to replace 
KDE Workspace 4.11 with KDE Plasma 4  in subject and body because that name is  
used in the main Gentoo KDE wiki article since some time. [1]

Greetings,
Johannes

[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE

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