[arch-general] KDE 4.2.0 in [testing]

[Dan Vratil]

Hello Pierre,
I just updated KDE 4.2 (x86_64) and I'm amazed. It all seems faster and 
smoother to me, some new features are really great. Here are some problems 
(really, nothing serious) I already found:

Some of my old desktop settings (wallpaper, size of icons etc) were replace by 
KDE 4.2 default settings. But it's probably only about Plasma config, because 
Kopete, KMail and all other applications kept their settings.

Also, could please someone confirm me, that KDE 4.1 freezes when updating? 
After some package was updated, Plasma went frozen and I had to shutdown the X 
server and finnish the update from console.

There is also problem with plasmoids from AUR. After update, they didn't run 
so I tried to rebuilt them but because of some changes in KDE, any of them 
will compile, but it seems to be a problem in their source codes not in 
PKGBUILDs.

Cheers
Dan


On Friday 23 January 2009 00:37:10 Pierre Schmitz wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> today I uploaded the so called "first try" of 4.2 into [testing]. Those
> packages are not the final one yet, but damn close. There are only two
> known upstream showstoppers; which will be fixed by new packages soon. See
> http://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?keywords=kde-4.2.0-blocker.
>
> On our site only mysql is blocking a release to [extra]:
> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/12798 In addition to this kde-l10n-et seems
> broken.
>
> So please take the chance and check those packages. An update from 4.1
> should be quite smooth. And even if you hated KDE 4.1, give 4.2 a try; it
> really rocks. :-)
>
> If you notice any regression, showstopper or problems during the update,
> please report them.
>
> Packages for x86_64 should be available on your favourite mirror soon;
> Andrea will build i66 packages tomorrow.
>
> Greetings,
>
> Pierre

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