From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98DE6138247 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:20:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8A2E2E0C85; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:20:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DEE5E0C5A for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:20:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51E723403C3 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:20:40 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at gentoo.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.947 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.947 tagged_above=-999 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=0.665, BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] autolearn=no Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jdyi2k5d5tLY for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:20:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D6F8F3403C0 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:20:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XdKwe-0003Up-Hk for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 17:20:28 +0200 Received: from ppp118-209-37-60.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net ([118.209.37.60]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 17:20:28 +0200 Received: from kensington by ppp118-209-37-60.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 12 Oct 2014 17:20:28 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: Michael Palimaka Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: has anyone tried KDE5? Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2014 02:20:20 +1100 Message-ID: References: <1413113275-sup-4956@linux> 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp118-209-37-60.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.1.1 In-Reply-To: <1413113275-sup-4956@linux> X-Archives-Salt: a0719d69-67f6-4ca6-a905-b8cd1b3ae5ab X-Archives-Hash: 13bde7c464b4c960ce262d188c398047 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.