On 2010-04-22, Dotan Cohen <dotanco...@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-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnht0gta.bu7.liam.p.oto...@dipsy.selfip.org