Re: kde 3.* in sid will it ever happen?

[Paul Cupis <paul@cupis.co.uk>]

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On Friday 13 September 2002 15:58, Matt Reynolds wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 08:32, Paul Cupis wrote:
> > kde3 will go into sid when the gcc3.2 transiton is over/complete. KDE is
> > very much a C++-based system and there is little point uploading it using
> > gcc3.1 and then reuploading/compiling it in X days/weeks when the gcc3.2
> > transition happens. And it cannot be uploaded now as gcc3.2 becuase the
> > ftp-masters will not allow gcc3.2 libraries in until the DD's have worked
> > out how to best deal with gcc3.2.
> >
> > I think it is just a matter of being patient, or helping the developers
> > decide how the gcc3.2 transition is going to happen, so that it can
> > happen and kde3 can go in.
> >
> > I notice that people have stopped asking when X4.2 will be in sid, and
> > when openoffice.org will be in sid... [and no, I'm not asking now,
> > either]
>
> One of the reasons I haven't complained or queried about X4.2 is that
> Branden is very good about replying to list complaints, releasing, and
> publicizing his releases.
>
> Visibility and transparency in the packaging process seems to keep the
> wolves at bay.  While I'm happier with 4.2's packaging, I would still
> *love* to see dates associated with the actions taken on list(s).  Not a
> schedule, but just a "here's what we've done so far" timeline.  This
> keeps everyone on the same page, and could even help remove duplicated
> effort, IMNSHO.

You do, of course have a good point and I thank you for your feedback. There 
is already an (under-publicised) kde faq, at 
http://www.davidpashley.com/debian-kde though I'm not certain from memory 
that it has this type of information.

It is obvious now that it should, and I will work with the maintainer and the 
debian-kde folk to get that information into the faq. I will probably also 
see about getting the faq a bit more publicity than the occasional mention 
here and the references to it on #debian-kde/#debian.

Thank you,

Paul Cupis
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paul@cupis.co.uk

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