Re: For sid users: An overview of the KDE C++ ABI transition

[Alan Ezust <alan.ezust@gmail.com>]

I just tried to install a package which caused the removal of all my
KDE packages. I thought it would be possible to get KDE back again,
but it seems I am unable to install kdebase anymore.

So then I tried to install kde from source using konstruct.

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/ezust/workspace/konstruct/libs/cyrus-sasl'
--08:01:25--  ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.4.2/src/cyrus-sasl-2.1.21.tar.gz
           => `download/cyrus-sasl-2.1.21.tar.gz'
Resolving ftp.kde.org... 131.220.60.97
Connecting to ftp.kde.org|131.220.60.97|:21... connected.
Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in!
==> SYST ... done.    ==> PWD ... done.
==> TYPE I ... done.  ==> CWD /pub/kde/stable/3.4.2/src ... done.
==> PASV ... done.    ==> RETR cyrus-sasl-2.1.21.tar.gz ...
No such file `cyrus-sasl-2.1.21.tar.gz'.

make[2]: *** [ftp//ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/3.4.2/src/cyrus-sasl-2.1.21.tar.gz]
Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/ezust/workspace/konstruct/libs/cyrus-sasl'
*** GAR GAR GAR!  Failed to download
download/cyrus-sasl-2.1.21.tar.gz!  GAR GAR GAR! ***
make[1]: *** [download/cyrus-sasl-2.1.21.tar.gz] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/ezust/workspace/konstruct/libs/cyrus-sasl'
make: *** [dep-../../libs/cyrus-sasl] Error 2
[ezust@lazarus] /home/ezust/workspace/konstruct/kde/kdebase> firefox &
[1] 28234
[ezust@lazarus] /home/ezust/workspace/konstruct/kde/kdebase>

What is the easiest way of getting kde back on my debian system? I've
never switched by apt-system DOWN to testing - is that even possible?