Re: Plasma past G++ transition
On Fri 04 Sep 2015 09:25:01 AM Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 3. September 2015, 17:04:35 schrieb Thomas Fjellstrom:
> > On Thu 03 Sep 2015 11:31:25 PM you wrote:
> > > Am Donnerstag, 3. September 2015, 11:22:19 schrieb Thomas Fjellstrom:
> > > > On Thu 03 Sep 2015 06:14:10 PM Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > > > > Am Mittwoch, 2. September 2015, 08:46:49 schrieb Luc Castermans:
> > > > > > Op wo 2 sep. 2015 om 10:35 schreef Marco Valli
<marco@bastardi.net>:
> > > > > > > In data mercoledì 2 settembre 2015 10:26:29, Martin Steigerwald
> > > > > > > ha
> > > > >
> > > > > scritto:
> > > > > > > > Thanks to the Debian Qt/KDE team for this huge effort.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +1
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > Marco Valli
> > > > > >
> > > > > > this is very nice news!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > However I tried to make fresh install from Testing last weekend,
> > > > > > and
> > > > > > then
> > > > > > get many dependency conflicts as
> > > > > > soon as I issue a "aptitide install kde-full". In summary: I
> > > > > > installed
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > fresh Testing (base system), then do "aptitude install kde-full".
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Should I add unstable to sources.list, then do "aptitude install
> > > > > > -t
> > > > > > sid
> > > > > > kde-full", or even from experimental?
> > > > >
> > > > > I use Sid. I also have experimental, but I think Plasma 5 should be
> > > > > fully
> > > > > in Sid meanwhile.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Using Sid temporarily may help, as the G++ ABI transition seems to
> > > > > be
> > > > > completed there mostly. You can switch back to testing later.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure that's entirely accurate?
> > > >
> > > > Kde-workspace and libkactivities still seem to be held back?
> > > > Or are those just package name changes that haven't been handled
> > > > properly?
> > >
> > > I am on amd64. Maybe you need to wait a bit more for i386 build daemons
> > > to
> > > catch up.
> > >
> > > Always carefully check what packages apt-get dist-upgrade would
> > > uninstall
> > > and wait if you want to keep some of it for obvious reasons :)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> >
> > I'm also on amd64, with some i386 packages for steam and skype. I'm pretty
> > used to big updates in sid breaking dist-upgrade/upgrade for extended
> > periods of time. I've just learned to wait it out.
> >
> > I'm also hoping kde isn't less stable than it currently is. Saw some
> > messages on the list that says its worse, including kmail, which i'll just
> > have to wait out if so. Already have some crashes, particularly with
> > baloo+akonadi.
> >
> > You'll notice kde-workspace-bin is held back in my upgrade, i presume
> > thats
> > the new plasma-desktop package? Shouldnt it just know how to replace the
> > old packages with the new?
>
> Sorry, I don´t want to give advice off list. Either ask on list so that all
> can benefit or figure it out yourself.
>
> Thanks,
I was going to send it to the list, but you didn't send your reply to the
list. I figured there was some reason you did that.
--
Thomas Fjellstrom
thomas@fjellstrom.ca
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