Apparently, though unproven, at 22:18 on Saturday 21 August 2010, Dale did opine thusly:
> > Here's excellent advice: > > > > Do not install KDE-4.5 yet > > > > wait for 4.5.1 > > > > First, it's in an overlay, so when 4.5 hits the tree you will unmerge the > > whole lot again and redo it. How many spare cycles you got? > > > > If you have 4.4.5 installed from portage you will likely hit clashes with > > the overlay. There's were never pleasant in the 4.[23] era, I don't see > > that changing. > > > > 4.5.0 has some pretty severe regressions, bad enough for QA to not put it > > in the tree > > > > 4.5.0 does not have the kdepim suite - this might not apply to you. I can > > just imagine the akonadi updates when 4.5.1 hits the tree.... > > > > You gotta ask yourself "Is there a COMPELLING need for 4.5.0 other than > > it's brand new and shiny?" > > I did some googlin last night and ran across some blog. I think it was > on KDE's website but anyway. The blog said about the same thing you > said. It appears to be a . . . . mess. ;-) > > Any idea when 4.5.1 will be in the tree even if masked/keyworded? You can expect 4.5.1 to be released by KDE about a month after 4.5.0. If it goes into the tree that will take about 3 days or so. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
