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List:       suse-kde
Subject:    Re: [opensuse-kde] Re: [opensuse] Upgrading KDE4.1
From:       C <smaug42 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-09-24 13:39:26
Message-ID: AANLkTikR8tMsgDYuu6JRhVBrRSqzS3f42P_gw14E-Cd9 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 15:36, Martin Schlander wrote:
> Fredag den 24. september 2010 13:10:19 skrev phanisvara das:
>> On Friday, September 24, 2010 15:14:38 Martin Schlander wrote:
>> > And I wouldn't recommend using a repo of unsupported, barely tested KDE
>> > 4.5  packages for someone who craves stability and predictability.
>>
>> i find KDE 4.5 more predictable & stable than 4.4 used to be. judging from
>> other reports in this list, i'm not the only one.
>
> Then why is everyone having problems on this list and on IRC using 4.5
> packages? ;-)
>
> ... including Freek who just posted about an hour ago that his KDE 4.5 doesn't
> even start after an update.
>
> Sure 4.5 has many improvements over 4.4, but it also has regressions, and
> using 4.5 additionally introduces a number of substantial risks of packaging
> issues and user errors wrt. updating and repo configuration.


Probably because they (like me) are using Factory... and Factory has
no guarantees to work.  The stable KDE4.5 repo is the one to use if
you want all the benefits of KDE4.5 (and there are a LOT) without the
ooopses of the KDE4.5/4.6 Factory builds.

C.
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