On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 02:45:03AM -0500, Alfredo Valles wrote: > >KDE is written in C++. The latest release of the GNU C++ Compiler > >(g++ 3.2) breaks binary compatiblity with previous releases. Therefore > >all C++ libraries are having to be recompiled before the binaries can > >be. > >KDE needs a LOT of libraries, these things take time. > Thank you for explain this to me. > However it doesn't quite explain the delay because there have been > unofficial repositories with kde3 for a while. How come this people can > compile the libraries for debian so fast? Because they don't have to comply with Debian policy, and they don't have to worry about making things work on more than one architecture? (Most of the work is due to trying to keep more than one arch in sync -- the difference between 1 arch and 2 is probably as great as the difference between 2 and 11.) I've heard of people having trouble uninstalling the unofficial KDE3 packages to install the official ones. Well, that's why they're unofficial... Also, the Debian KDE maintainers made a decision to hold off on uploading KDE3 binaries until they could be uploaded against the new C++ ABI. I think they came to regret this decision later when we began to see how long the C++ transition was delayed, but these are always hard decisions to make when you don't know ahead of time how long it will really be. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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