On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 02:10:44AM +0530, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > Hi, > > Now that KDE4 is just about 25 days away from release, I was wondering what > packaging policy is Debian going to make. > > Currently, this is what apt says: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-cache policy kdebase > kdebase: > Installed: 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-2 > Candidate: 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-2 > Version table: > 4:3.97.0-1 0 > 50 http://ftp.debian.org experimental/main Packages > 50 http://mirrors.kernel.org experimental/main Packages > *** 4:3.5.8.dfsg.1-2 0 > 990 http://ftp.debian.org testing/main Packages > 600 http://ftp.debian.org unstable/main Packages > 990 http://mirrors.kernel.org testing/main Packages > 600 http://mirrors.kernel.org unstable/main Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 4:3.5.7-3lenny1 0 > 990 http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages > > So, Is KDE4 going to be an upgrade over KDE3 ? > KDE3 is going to be maintained for some more time. Won't it be better to > separate the packages till KDE3 is announced EOL ? > There might be many users who would like to stick to KDE3. >
KDE4 will remain in experimental for some time... (months). Only some parts of kde4 will be co-installable with KDE3. Think we are planning release Lenny with KDE 3.5.9. More info about this in a mail soon. Ana -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]