Re: [gentoo-user] --buildpkg and doing a dry run on a upgrade

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

Apparently, though unproven, at 22:18 on Saturday 21 August 2010, Dale did 
opine thusly:

 
> > Here's excellent advice:
> > 
> > Do not install KDE-4.5 yet
> > 
> > wait for 4.5.1
> > 
> > First, it's in an overlay, so when 4.5 hits the tree you will unmerge the
> > whole lot again and redo it. How many spare cycles you got?
> > 
> > If you have 4.4.5 installed from portage you will likely hit clashes with
> > the overlay. There's were never pleasant in the 4.[23] era, I don't see
> > that changing.
> > 
> > 4.5.0 has some pretty severe regressions, bad enough for QA to not put it
> > in the tree
> > 
> > 4.5.0 does not have the kdepim suite - this might not apply to you. I can
> > just imagine the akonadi updates when 4.5.1 hits the tree....
> > 
> > You gotta ask yourself "Is there a COMPELLING need for 4.5.0 other than
> > it's brand new and shiny?"
> 
> I did some googlin last night and ran across some blog.  I think it was
> on KDE's website but anyway.  The blog said about the same thing you
> said.  It appears to be a . . . . mess.  ;-)
> 
> Any idea when 4.5.1 will be in the tree even if masked/keyworded?

You can expect 4.5.1 to be released by KDE about a month after 4.5.0.
If it goes into the tree that will take about 3 days or so.


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