I don't use the KDE desktop & don't want it installed, but I do regularly use several KDE apps, eg Konsole, Gwenview, Okular. For a long time, there haven't been stable updates of these apps & I've continued to run the '4.14.x' versions, but today Okular 15.08.3-r1 appeared as stable when I did my weekly update via 'eix-sync'. I duly emerged it -- I never do 'emerge world' without '-p' -- & it seems to be working as before.
Eix tells me : root:504 ~> eix konsole [U] kde-apps/konsole Available versions: (4) 4.14.3(4/4.14)^t 4.14.3-r2(4/4.14)^t (5) ~15.08.3-r1 {X aqua debug +handbook test} Installed versions: 4.14.3(4)^t([2015-10-07 13:08:42]) (handbook -aqua -debug -minimal -test) root:505 ~> eix okular [I] kde-apps/okular Available versions: (4) 4.14.3(4/4.14)^t 15.08.3-r1(4/15.08)^t ~15.12.1(4/15.12)^t {aqua chm crypt debug djvu dpi ebook +handbook +jpeg kde mobi +pdf +postscript +tiff} Installed versions: 15.08.3-r1(4)^t([2016-03-05 18:13:44]) (crypt handbook jpeg pdf tiff -aqua -chm -debug -djvu -dpi -ebook -kde -mobi -postscript) So Okular 15.08.3-r1 is part of version (4), but Konsole 15.08.3-r1 is part of version (5). Can anyone explain this anomaly & how KDE versions are evolving ? -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca