On Sunday 19 March 2006 18:32, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:13:37 +0100, Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote: > > > Share things like you KDE/GNOME config files and it WILL bite you at > > > some time. > > > > no, it won't > > > > kde uses for its major versionds (3.3, 3.4, 3.5) different directories > > (.kde3.3, .kde3.4, .kde3.5). Worst case - you have to set a symlink > > (.kde) before you log in. > > Major versions, yes, but not minor versions. The problems occur when you > upgrade one distro to a later minor version, run it, then go back to the > older version. config files are intended to be backward-compatible, not > forward-compatible. This isn't urban myth, I have experienced it.
and which desktop environment breaks compatibility in minor versions? I had some config breakage between KDE3.4 and 3.5 related to some 3rd party decoration/theme, but in the minor versions, it shouldn't matter. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
