On 10/06/2014 12:17 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/4/2014 1:37 PM, Michael Palimaka <kensing...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> The KDE release structure has evolved[1], decoupling the release cycle >> of the Platform, Workspace, and Applications. This means that there is >> no longer a single Software Compilation in the same way there was with >> KDE 4. > > Interesting. > > Has this been discussed in detail before? What is the consensus about > this in the gentoo dev world? Meaning - is it a good or bad thing? I've > been thinking about giving KDE a try again, but still read enough > negative things about it to give me pause (my time is very limited so I > have to pick/choose what I want to spend it on)... > > There's a fair bit of info about it floating around upstream. The Frameworks split has involved a great deal of cleanup, with a focus on continuous integration and pushing functionality to Qt where appropriate. The move from a single monolithic kdelibs to about 60 small frameworks will also drive adoption of the platform as it substantially reduces dependency bloat.
As for Gentoo, we're just following upstream. :-) There's many more ebuilds than before, but packaging is a lot simpler. Given that it's early days both up and downstream, I wouldn't yet recommend Plasma 5 on Gentoo for someone that's not at least a little bit adventurous. I'd be interested to know what KDE negatives you've experienced/heard in the past though.
