160711 Michael Palimaka wrote:
> On 10/07/16 05:44, Philip Webb wrote:
>> What has happened to Konsole:4/4.14 ?
>> root:508 ~> eix konsole
>> [U?] kde-apps/konsole
>> Available versions: (5) 15.12.3 ~16.04.2 {X debug +handbook test}
>> Installed versions: 4.14.3(4/4.14)^t([2015-10-07 13:08:42])(handbook
>> -aqua -debug -minimal -test)
>> Description: KDE's terminal emulator
>> Are we going to be forced to install the whole of KDE 5
>> if we want to go on using some very useful KDE apps ?
> We recently dropped most of 4.14 as it is old, unsupported
> and assists in easing our general maintenance burden.
> As usual, it has been copied to the kde-sunset overlay
> for those who aren't yet ready to say goodbye.
Thanks for the belated information : this deserved a news item.
I will have to decide whether to install the 87 new pkgs required
or find alternatives to Konsole, Gwenview + Okular.
Does anyone know if the number cb reduced by using '--nodeps' ?
-- that works with KDE 4 Phonon, which demands eg USE='gstreamer',
but still compiles properly if emerged with '--nodeps' :
apparently, that's what the KDE team expect distros to allow
(I sent in a KDE bug some years ago & their response was
"No problem here. If your distro forces you to install sound,
that's their mistake : you can compile everything without it").
The proliferation of pkgs in KDE, Gnome, Perl + other areas
is going to become a problem for Gentoo,
as they will tend to demand more dev attention
& will also add to users' burden in keeping track of what they use + need.
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