080907 Marcus D. Hanwell wrote: > The slotting of KDE 3.* and KDE 4.* was never a question > but whether we really need to keep slotting of minor KDE versions > in the new 4.* line, i.e. KDE 4.1 and 4.2 slotted on the same system.
Yes, I understood that (smile). > It is no real issue to be able to run a slotted KDE 4.2 install > alongside an FHS install of KDE 4.* <via an overlay>. In that case, much of my unease disappears: users should be willing to learn how to use overlays. > This helps to make the normal KDE install much simpler to maintain > with less gradual build up of cruft over the years, > ie multiple older slots the user is no longer using. > It also brings us into line with the FHS compliant Qt 4 ebuilds Yes, if there is a genuine improvement in maintainability for the devs, that's a real reason for making the change. In another msg, you said nothing will change till 4.2 ( 0901xx ) & by then hopefully KDE 4 will have settled down to normal usability. > The purpose of these posts was to solicit further feedback > before things are pushed to the main tree. Well, you have mine (grin). -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
