[gentoo-user] Re: has anyone tried KDE5?

[Michael Palimaka <kensington@gentoo.org>]

On 10/12/2014 11:11 PM, Stefano Crocco wrote:
> Excerpts from Michael Palimaka's message of 2014-10-04 19:37:04 +0200:
>> On 10/04/2014 11:26 PM, behrouz khosravi wrote:
>>> Hello everyone.
>>> I was wondering if anyone has tried KDE5?
>>> Do you know when it's going to be placed in the main tree?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The KDE release structure has evolved[1], decoupling the release cycle
>> of the Platform, Workspace, and Applications. This means that there is
>> no longer a single Software Compilation in the same way there was with
>> KDE 4.
>>
>> We (Gentoo KDE team) have not yet made a decision as to when the Plasma
>> 5 Workspace will be pushed to the main tree. I've been using it on a
>> daily basis for about six months, and consider the next release (5.1.0)
>> to be a good candidate for the main tree.
>>
>> The underlying Platform (KDE Frameworks 5) upon which Plasma 5 is built
>> is expected in the main tree in about a week, after the 5.3.0 release.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Michael
>>
>> [1]: https://dot.kde.org/2013/09/04/kde-release-structure-evolves
> 
> I'd love to try KDE 5. So far I've been able to install Frameworks from the KDE
> overlay. I then tried to install the workspace, but it seems that it can't
> coexist with kde 4 (I get blockers from several kde 4 packages when trying to
> install). Is this correct, or am I doing something wrong? I use paludis as
> package manager, so maybe it behaves differently from portage and this is the
> reason for the blockers.

Unfortunately Plasma 5 and KDE 4 Workspaces cannot coexist. This is an
upstream decision.