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

[Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@arcor.de>]

Philip Webb wrote:
> 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,

That has always been a goal with KDE anyway.  We can't have OS X and 
Vista/Windows 7 win those beauty contests, now can we ;)

Anyway, 4.2.0 is what sealed the deal for me.  I went back to KDE 3 
after trying KDE 4.0.  I went again back to 3 after trying the first 4.1 
version.  And again after the latest 4.1 update (4.1.4).  With 4.2.0, it 
seems it is a worthy replacement for KDE 3 for me.  I didn't login to 
KDE 3 since I installed it (2 days ago).  I like it, but I hope no 
show-stopper shows up :P