-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James wrote: > OK, color me "dense", but, if we are assuming there should be > a smooth (easy) transition from kde-meta to kde "sets" I'm > missing something. The posted lists (sets) do not look anything > like the way kde-meta is organized. > > > Call it herd mentality, but I bet many of the current kde-meta > crowd would just love to have these sets defined for us > and we can choose which of these generic sets we want, > and then just build a set or 2 of our own. Then make a file > that lists those and all we have to do is emerge that file. > Poof done, kde-meta, simple fast and mostly like what other > have, using gentoo defined sets for kde-4.2.x > > Should we not have some standard, logical listing of > of the various kde packages, like the current categories > for kde 3.5.x, only in set form? Sure folks could build there > own sets but if all you want is the old kde-meta (give or > take a few application), in sets+kde.4.2.x form, there > should be some predefined sets for us? > > That is to say, (more clearly I hope); when I go to the kde > button in 3.5.9, I get these categories: > Development > Entertainment > Games > Graphics > <snip> > > So what aren't there pre-defined sets with this sort of grouping? > Thus the new kde-4.2.x would be a straight convert (except > for applications that are lost and/or gained) to ease the transition > to kde 4.2.x using sets. Really, all I want is a similar setup > to kde-meta, via sets && Kde 4.2.x, without having to get > intimate with 200+ applications..... and not having to > define my own sets. > > > Is this already done? > > Looking at the previous links and Neils postings, at first glance > it tells me I'm going to have to spend days learning about what all > of these individual packages do to have a somewhat similar setup > that kde-meta provided. I do not what to learn the details and names > of all of that stuff. I want to emerge a small number of sets > and POOF as close as I can get (with sets and kde4.2) to the > ole kde-meta? > > Am I being unreasonable? Did I miss something? > (and yes, I'm lazy, mentally crippled, and slow > that's why I still do admin work....)
There are predefined sets in the kde-testing overlay, that correspond to the upstream tarballs (and, therefore, to the kdefoo-meta packages). Unfortunately, they cannot yet be distributed with the gentoo-x86 tree (that's $PORTDIR, or /usr/portage, for you playing along at home). I don't remember the reasons given for that, but you can copy the sets from that tree, and place them in your /etc/portage/sets/ directory, and modify them at will - or create your own based on those sets. Note that you do not actually need that overlay installed to use the sets; all you have to do is copy the sets from the overlay into your local configuration. - -- ABCD -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmjbNwACgkQOypDUo0oQOof/gCfTwgO/neVBxe7/YhHN0KpHczz 634Anisv8fvHCS4D26R+Wf3c+Ia5HZ6e =AHxk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
