On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 14:16, Volker Armin Hemmann<volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Freitag 12 Juni 2009, Alex Alexander wrote: > Do I need to remind you that kde's own documentation once said that you should > install into /opt? into its own directory? > Maybe that changed, but the 'not designed for' is not correct.
the whole problem arises with multiple versions. By saying Gentoo Thing i was talking about multiple simultaneous installations, not the default prefix. > and without prefix, you can not have multiple versions. > hmmm... yes obviously :) > I give you an example: > KDe 3.4 is installed, you want to try 3.5, you install it and switch when you > are ready. After an hour you realize that 3.5.0 is very buggy, no problem, you > just log in back to 3.4. > ... > Now, tell me, is that usefull for users or not? > And until recently it was the default. its useful, but buggy, thats the whole point of that ewarn. >> imho its better to just keep binary packages of stuff you've installed. >> if your update fails and you need your system asap, you just emerge >> your binaries back in no time :) no cp'ing or other strange >> out-of-portage stuff > > binary packages don't help you with your config changes or ither stuff you put > into the tree. they still help if the update breaks your system =] you should keep ~/.kde4 backups manually anyway :) -- Alex Alexander || wired Gentoo QT && KDE Herd Tester http://www.linuxized.com
