Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:35:20 -0600, Dale wrote:
I may just go back to a more stable setup.
Like the standard KDE 4 in portage?
Which doesn't do what I need for it to be usable?
Like? I only switched to 4 recently, but I'm quite happy with it in the
main.
Already been discussed here and on the KDE list as well.
Oh well. I just wish they had supported KDE 3 longer cause KDE 4 is
just not ready for what I do. I get a screen full of crap about KDE
3 being masked when updating too. Sort of bugs me.
Add the kde-sunset overlay and all that will disappear. KDE3 still
works on Gentoo, it's just not supported in portage any more.
I already have kde-sunset and I still get those messages. I don't know
if it is because it is leaving portage or if it is even being removed
from kde-sunset. I just know I get them and it increases each time I
sync.
You need to add stuff to package.unmask. AFAIR the overlay contains a
file that you can copy/symlink there. The messages should go away in due
course anyway, once KDE3 is actually removed from portage rather than
being there but masked.
I know this, KDE has left a really bad taste in my mouth with how they
handled this release. They should have supported KDE 3 until KDE-4.5,
or at least KDE 4.4 was out and stable. Right now, I can't go a day in
KDE 4. I'm always running into something that doesn't "work" yet.
I used to think that, but soon realised it does work, just slightly
differently. There are still some really annoying "features" though. But
if the Gentoo KDE team don't want to support it, that's there choice. If
you don't like it, you can always ask for your money back ;-)
I do understand that it works differently. I got that part. As
mentioned above, I went through the issues on the KDE mailing list and
the things I need are not functional yet. They will be later on but
they are not right now. They do however work in KDE 3. That's why I am
having to keep it around.
Dale
:-) :-)
