Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:09:38 -0800 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Subject: Re: KDE3 --> KDE4 Message-ID: <200908071009.38936.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <806ECB2662CDB48E55ACD743@Macintosh-2.local> References: <D9D069F574EE82AE9F203CAB@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <200908061829.30618.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> <806ECB2662CDB48E55ACD743@Macintosh-2.local>
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On Thursday 06 August 2009 19:26:20 Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On August 6, 2009 9:29:30 PM -0500 Mel Flynn > > <mel.flynn+fbsd.questions@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > > On Thursday 06 August 2009 15:21:14 Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> Can someone who has already done this upgrade suggest the best way to go > >> about it? Do I need to completely uninstall kde3 first? Is there an > >> upgrade path that's not fraught with gotchas? > > > > Wait a week I'd say. KDE 4.3.0 has hit the ports tree rather fast to be > > in > > time for the ports freeze and a lot of stuff is being ironed out. In > > fact, > > probably the best time is after the ports freeze is over. But I expect > > the big > > gotchas to be gone in a few days. > > -- > > Thanks, Mel. I'll wait. Will there be instructions in > /usr/ports/UPDATING after the freeze? (There's nothing in there now about > upgrading.) The 20090804 entries deal with KDE4 (indirectly). Some people have experience problems having KDE3 (in particular qt33) around, but these are build problems. If one makes packages on a clean machine, then you shouldn't be affected and a fix to address that has already been committed. -- Mel
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