Re: KDE 4.4.3 in unstable
[Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. - Donnerstag 06 Mai 2010 00:54:06]
> On Wednesday 05 May 2010 16:58:35 you wrote:
> > On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 04:21:15PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 05 May 2010 15:24:49 Ana Guerrero wrote:
> > > > Following Qt 4.6.2, uploaded a couple of weeks ago, KDE 4.4.3, has
> > > > finally found its way to unstable in the last 48 hours.
> > > > Given KDE 4.5.0 is not expected until August, it is likely the next
> > > > point release, 4.4.4, will be the KDE version included in next Debian
> > > > stable, Squeeze.
> > >
> > > Please don't force an "Akonadi-enabled" PIM suite on stable users before
> > > they are provided with an Akonadi that can use something other than
> > > MySQL.
> >
> > KDE 4.4 is the current stable release, there is not much more options here
> > with the freeze happening around the summer *before* 4.5 is out.
> > Good news is you have at least a couple of months to develop a patch for
> > this.
>
> Would Debian accept such a patch? Upstream will not apply it to the 4.4.x
> line.
>
> Upstream is already in the process of getting this done for the 4.5 release.
>
> What about shipping KDEPIM 4.3.x? It works fine with KDEBASE 4.4.x.
>
> Also, what happened to freezing when appropriate ("when it's done")? Stable
> users don't want a half-baked OS.
>
> Okay, ending this email here, because thinking about a stable Debian that
> includes KDEPIM 4.4 angers and saddens me.
How does having a kdepim that depends on mysql declare kde as "broken"?
Sure, many oppose to that dependency, but it works, doesn't it?
(at least here it does; better than the version from 4.3)
Regards
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