From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N30HV-000325-ND for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:37:09 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B800BE096B; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:37:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97179E096B for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:37:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.3] (pool-173-71-201-218.clppva.fios.verizon.net [173.71.201.218]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC63367BBE for ; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:37:06 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4AE7CA6E.1010701@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:37:02 -0400 From: Jonathan Callen User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091024) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: kde4 upgrading References: <200910280024.30685.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: e2bb0d97-6ad0-44fd-a308-7436e14bcbdb X-Archives-Hash: a79d8a94247f0437c527828092ac1f2b -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James wrote: > kde-meta is ideal for me. I thought it was going away? > Since kde(4)-meta is alive and well, that is my preferred > method. I hope when kde-meta goes away (?) there is a migration > plan? When this whole kde4 venture started for me (feb 09) > I was told to avoid meta as it is going away....... > > [...] > > How long is kde-meta going to be around? > That's really what I'm looking for..... > kde-base/kde*-meta won't be going away any time soon, if at all. The original plan, way back when, was to transition everything to sets, but the current implementation in portage 2.2_rc* does not currently do everything that is needed, so we are recommending the usage of the meta packages. - -- Jonathan Callen Gentoo KDE Developer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkrnym4ACgkQOypDUo0oQOo9ZQCbBwM1fUMQzv+mReF/aaEkr8I7 LLUAmgIaNDiixVl5fd+PQY2OjqMPY1pU =icEh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----