tags 373832 wontfix tags 378383 wontfix tags 382874 wontfix stop Kopete 0.12.x was promised for KDE 3.5.4. However, the Kopete team didn't get around to merging it into KDE in time. Whether they'll merge for KDE 3.5.5 I can't possibly say, but even if they do, KDE 3.5.5 might not ship with Etch.
Manually grafting Kopete 0.12.x onto the existing kdenetwork module would be a huge undertaking, and would be a support and bug tracking nightmare for the lifespan of the Etch release, because it would represent a huge divergence from upstream KDE and its support systems, security, etc. No one on the Debian KDE team has expressed any commitment to such an undertaking, so don't expect this solution to happen. Also, it isn't easy to upload Kopete 0.12.x as a separate package. It would have to remain forever in experimental, since having 2 source packages provide the same binary pacakge in Sid/Etch, both of which are supported, just doesn't work. And this would only happen if we could convince the FTP masters that it was a good idea (which it isn't) and therefore to let the package pass the NEW queue. So I'm afraid that if you want to use Kopete 0.12.x, you'll have to use unofficial packages. http://manfred.cp69.de/debian is kindly offering packages, and IIRC other people have built their own (see the recent debian-kde list archives). So users who really want the latest and greatest can certainly get it. I hope this clarifies the situation. Cheers, Christopher Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]