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From: Sthu Deus on 23 Apr 2010 13:20 Thank You for Your time and answer, Liam: >Or you could wait for the next stable release, or at least for the >freeze announcement. Will it be 4.4 version of KDE in next release? - I thought, 4.3 - that is in testing for now. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bd1d4f4.101abc0a.75e9.27df(a)mx.google.com
From: Liam O'Toole on 22 Apr 2010 08:50 On 2010-04-22, Dotan Cohen <dotancohen(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't know of any backported binaries, so you would have to compile it >> yourself. That, however, would be a major undertaking, and presupposes >> that the latest KDE4 even compiles against the versions of the various >> libraries included in lenny. >> > > Yes, compiling KDE is not a hassle that I want to take. > > >> An alternative is to upgrade to testing/unstable, but then you would no >> longer have the uncomplicated life of a lenny user :-) >> > > Exactly, I need a stable distro. > > >> Or you could wait for the next stable release, or at least for the >> freeze announcement. >> > > That is not really an option, as I want the _latest_ KDE, not simply > 4.4. I contribute to KDE and it is important for me to be on the > latest version. I cannot be on a distro that is perpetually a few > point releases behind. Unfortunately, the goals of always having the latest KDE and a stable distro are not compatible. > > Thanks, Liam! I am still weighing my options, including Debian-based > distros that may be more up to date. I am currently on Kubuntu, but > the 10.04 release is simply terrible and I'm looking for a new distro. > Suse would be my next choice, but I prefer Debian-based. > Another thing you could consider: run testing/unstable in a virtual machine or a chroot on your lenny system. Beware, though, that even in unstable the upload of major packages can be delayed. Have you asked other KDE contributors about their setups? -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnht0gta.bu7.liam.p.otoole(a)dipsy.selfip.org
From: Liam O'Toole on 23 Apr 2010 14:50 On 2010-04-23, Sthu Deus <sthu.deus(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Liam: > >>Or you could wait for the next stable release, or at least for the >>freeze announcement. > > Will it be 4.4 version of KDE in next release? - I thought, 4.3 - that is in testing for now. > > I don't use KDE, so I haven't been paying attention. You can get some information at http://pkg-kde.alioth.debian.org/. -- Liam O'Toole Birmingham, United Kingdom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnht3nvt.bu7.liam.p.otoole(a)dipsy.selfip.org
From: Ron Johnson on 23 Apr 2010 19:40 On 04/22/2010 03:54 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: [snip] > It looks to me that Backports is the best for an everyday > user who values stability, and prefers to use released software > version. Please let me know where I am mistaken. Thanks. "stable with current releases" is a contradiction. If you want current releases, run Testing or Unstable. (Ignore the scary words from the website. Testing and Unstable are Stable Enough.) If you *really want* Stable, though, deinstall iceweseal, icedove, openoffice, etc and get their binaries directly from upstream. There's no shame in that. (For OOo, I'd recommend www.go-oo.org; it's Debian's upstream.) -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BD22F5C.9010204(a)cox.net
From: Thomas Ferry on 23 Apr 2010 20:20
Im still learning how to use mailing lists I read alot but I dont reply alot. Testing would be your best bet. If you want current you need debian unstable.. I think you can get the binary's from the experiential repo though On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> wrote: > On 04/22/2010 03:54 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > [snip] > >> It looks to me that Backports is the best for an everyday >> user who values stability, and prefers to use released software >> version. Please let me know where I am mistaken. Thanks. >> > > "stable with current releases" is a contradiction. If you want current > releases, run Testing or Unstable. (Ignore the scary words from the > website. Testing and Unstable are Stable Enough.) > > If you *really want* Stable, though, deinstall iceweseal, icedove, > openoffice, etc and get their binaries directly from upstream. There's no > shame in that. (For OOo, I'd recommend www.go-oo.org; it's Debian's > upstream.) > > -- > Dissent is patriotic, remember? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BD22F5C.9010204(a)cox.net > > -- Thomas Ferry A.K.A Jinzo |