From kde-core-devel Fri Aug 23 23:44:48 2002 From: Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 23:44:48 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: Fwd: Installation Problems and Useability X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=103014656823976 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 23 Aug 2002 23:30:05 +0300, Eli Wapniarski wrote: > I have become so frustrated with installation of KDE. To sum up, I do > not believe that the correct approach to making a desktop easy to use > is to have a completely new Linux distribution to get easy to install > installation of any desktop, or to have to recompile KDE entirely > from scratch to get bug fixes is not an easy thing to do either. > Besides, compiling KDE from scratch is not quick, or easy. It is easy if you follow the instructions. But of course compilitation=20 time can't be short for such a huge amount of code. > I am using Redhat 7.2 and KDE That's the problem. If you want a good KDE installation then don't use=20 Redhat. > Now.. there is a security problem with konqueror which has been fixed > in 3.0.3. I tried to download the RPMs from your sight for Redhat 7.3 > when I ran rpm -Uvh --test there were all sorts of dependancy issues. You shouldn't use rpm directly but the installation program which comes=20 with your distribution. A good installation program will resolve all=20 dependancy issues without the user noticing any problems. > That's OK I running Redhat 7.2 and Redhat compiled the kde libraries > with funny names. but the one that really got me was that > kdebase-3.0.3-7 required kdelibs-3.0.3-10 or higher which of course > does not exist. I realize that this is a Redhat problem, but... What but...? If you know that this is a Redhat problem then it's=20 probably time for changing to another distribution. > Having an installation as big as KDE and having the libraries > dynamically linked is a real pain in the butt and is creating a major > mess for you guys and for me. I think it would be a good idea to get > your libraries statically linked. Why?... Because it would make the > release of bug fixes much easier. And it would blow up each of the 300+ KDE application which I have=20 installed from a few tens or hundreds KBytes to several MBytes. Just=20 have a look at Netscape Communicators size. Now multiply this size by=20 300. Do you really want to download several KDE programs of this size? Last but not least, I have to reiterate that we only provide source=20 packages. Providing binaries is what the distributors are paid for by=20 you when you by their product. And if your distributor doesn't fit your=20 needs then either sent your complaints to him or try another=20 distribution. I'm personally still satisfied with SuSE which cares a=20 lot more for KDE than Redhat ever did. Regards, Ingo =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE9ZsjwGnR+RTDgudgRAjSjAJ46PfKRZRMIgZpVXWW70OkyET9aqgCdFV+J YPmn5o2LYP0GkPXTBBkrqnk=3D =3DnALU =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE-----