commit: a526289811b6d27f57e7599684c4ce1c5631044f Author: Michael Palimaka <kensington <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Thu Apr 7 16:21:44 2016 +0000 Commit: Michael Palimaka <kensington <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Thu Apr 7 16:21:44 2016 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=a5262898
Add 2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable .../2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable.en.txt | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++ .../2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable.en.txt.asc | 18 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+) diff --git a/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable.en.txt b/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c9302f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Title: KDE Plasma 5 Upgrade +Author: Michael Palimaka <[email protected]> +Content-Type: text/plain +Posted: 2016-04-02 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 1.0 +Display-If-Installed: kde-base/plasma-workspace + +KDE Workspaces 4.11 has reached end of life and is no longer supported +by upstream. It is therefore recommended for all users to upgrade to +KDE Plasma 5. + +A detailed upgrade guide is available[1], but in most cases it is enough to +switch to the new desktop/plasma profile, update @world, and +emerge kde-plasma/plasma-meta: + +# eselect profile list +# eselect profile set <target> +# emerge --ask --changed-use --newrepo --deep world +# emerge --ask --verbose kde-plasma/plasma-meta + +If you normally use KDM to launch Plasma, note that it is no longer supported. +Upstream recommends x11-misc/sddm instead which is pulled in by plasma-meta by +default. OpenRC users should edit /etc/conf.d/xdm and update DISPLAYMANAGER. +Systemd users should run: systemctl reenable sddm.service + +Due to an an evolution of KDE upstream's release process[2], the traditional +monolithic KDE 4 release is now split into three distinct components. This +means that KDE Applications are now separate from the Plasma desktop and +older KDE 4-based applications will continue to function as normal inside +Plasma 5. + +KDE Workspaces 4.11 will remain in the tree for a reasonable time, but +be warned that it is unmaintained and may cause conflicts with +newer versions of KDE Applications. + +[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE/Plasma_5_upgrade +[2] https://dot.kde.org/2013/09/04/kde-release-structure-evolves diff --git a/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable.en.txt.asc b/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable.en.txt.asc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..571a33e --- /dev/null +++ b/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable/2016-04-07-kde-plasma5-stable.en.txt.asc @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v2.0 + +iQJiBAABCgBMBQJXBojuRRSAAAAAABQAKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zOTc5 +MTY5NkQ3RDM3NkRBN0U5QjZGMTUwMDZCMUYzOERDQTQ1QTFFQwAKCRAGsfONykWh +7CAdD/4nVSOlSWNrchf+OHf+tHJApQnBajIfoZJpT04wTweKQ00kvBeoRI7eE65z +NbKsteOHcxgCncPQcczouBMN/4GO2/Dz/VdRttF/pwULws144je4pIHPo5c04ymh +kLC95JLw/LboOtbKtYuF6iauQVCuOFAY72zn/i5Dch78VFnUxle+xiCyprmktA4B +xD/gmj2Ii6d/B9JdiiHSms9RTl0NcRg0L0wIv80ISreubqeJGxgxzRXZ7hnR/bdM ++6+jmmCVSi+UidTNGIP47bPIWYTvLCXIDvt7keoBAZdVPUzjH1ogo1Fgr3rYTdyJ +0RPVOJPcFxFjQThSImbzUrT2sIg7w+L7DVfy1ycsY2TUTejr19w9t6TNi++lorhp +ZG2QHOjIizDVccra6JJKmuxEovxGy77om/cig2KPz+R4oBPGpTIdYO02Tt1AG4wn +9FJAqmlDQ/gLNATK0AVURw9LumtDZtwBx81/sAuprXAhV0zwO7rTjXO/QdbJxYFn +X4MmmxuISq4k7d765hsGZckoDyrYMu8Q3qIRX2fSq+quljZe42gFPZSB6Ehnba2P +o301YnDlULvVRfBDfJeMh87eABXq2LQWvOLo6J0oin2UlYam5LOMK7myTwb77WO0 +kcLzuq9PR3ugdH60SMaWfaTIq/nAnp/qZG0QDfIxcV2NWmaS+w== +=lCi7 +-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
