Re: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE-4.2 and KDE-3.5

[Philip Webb <purslow@ca.inter.net>]

090131 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Dmitry Makovey wrote:
>> I was tracking KDE-4.x for a while while sticking to "stable" KDE-3.5.,, 
>> Trying to get KDE-4.2 installed spits out a blocker:
>> [blocks B     ] <=kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.10 
>> ("<=kde-base/kdebase-startkde-3.5.10" is blocking kde-base/kdelibs-4.2.0)
>> which for me means switching to *2* testing platforms (3.5.10 and 4.2) 
>> Now my question is: how safe is it to do a workaround
> KDE 3.5.10 is *not* masked. It's in ~arch. 
> It should be a safe/stable update since it's a bug-fix release 

I've been using 3.5.10 since 080924 without any problems:
just update to that & then try emerging 4.2.0 .

My feeling remains that KDE 4 is more eye-candy than useful,
but I do understand the KDE team's motivation for developing it
& no doubt it will supersede KDE 3 over the next year or so.
My plan is to try out 4.2.1 when it's released & gets into testing.

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