Re: [gentoo-user] Short question on eix-sync; emerge -up world
On 17/06/06, Meino Christian Cramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But: For me as user/sysadminwhat advantage I would have to install two versions of KDE-pakets ? I haven't found a use for keeping the old KDE next to a new slotted version, so I unmerge the old one after the new installation is successfully completed. Of course I run (mostly) stable packages and as a result KDE emerges usually work straight out of the box. If you run ~ARCH then you may still need the old version until bugs and teething problems are ironed out. That's just my 2c's. -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Short question on eix-sync; emerge -up world
On Saturday 17 June 2006 11:23, Meino Christian Cramer wrote: But: For me as user/sysadminwhat advantage I would have to install two versions of KDE-pakets ? The advantage is that you can test one before you remove the other. Or let it be up to the individual user which version (s)he prefers by having both installed. Now they made it slotted because the different minor versions of KDE do not mix. If they allowed them to mix it would result in unpredictable bugs that would make supporting KDE a nightmare. So to avoid that they are mixed they had two options. One is to make them slotted like they did and which results in great flexibility. The *only* other alternative would have been to make them block each other and hence require that you removed the old version before you could even test if the new version were able to compile much less if it actually worked. -- Bo Andresen pgpGbtBdCTlnn.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Short question on eix-sync; emerge -up world
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 11:23:43 +0200 (CEST), Meino Christian Cramer wrote: Sloted means something like side by side with the old version. But: For me as user/sysadminwhat advantage I would have to install two versions of KDE-pakets ? It means you can choose between the two versions, testing the new one before removing the old. It also means you don't have to remove 3.4 before you install 3.5, which could render you without KDE for up to a day, depending on the speed of your computer. -- Neil Bothwick Committee (noun): A group of people spending hours taking minutes signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Short question on eix-sync; emerge -up world
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006 09:52:51 +, Mick wrote: I haven't found a use for keeping the old KDE next to a new slotted version, so I unmerge the old one after the new installation is successfully completed. You have just given a use for having the two side by side. Without slotting, you'd have to remove the old version before using the new one. For example, first kdelibs 3.5 is installed and 3.4 removed, then kdebase, etc. Meanwhile you try to use KMail, which is still at 3.4, and it won't work because its libs have gone. -- Neil Bothwick Seduced by the Chocolate side of the Force... signature.asc Description: PGP signature
