Should I mention kde-3.3.1?

Rex Dieter rdieter at math.unl.edu
Wed Oct 20 13:39:23 UTC 2004


Frank Schmitt wrote:
> Jeff Pitman <symbiont at berlios.de> writes:
> 
> 
>>On Wednesday 20 October 2004 15:34, Frank Schmitt wrote:
>>
>>>I know about this project but I don't like it since when adding it to
>>>yum.conf I not only get a new KDE but dozens of other packages are
>>>replaced, too. This means that I get dependencies problems when there
>>>are updates for those in the main Fedora repositories and I get
>>>problems when updating from one Fedora release to the next. Further
>>>on, I trust Fedora to build quality packages and timely fix security
>>>issues. I don't really know if I can put the same trust in the guys
>>>from kde-redhat.
>>
>>Pure FUD.
> 
> 
> No, experience. I installed the kde-redhat packages on my
> playground-box, after some days there was an upgrade to gtk in the
> Fedora updates repositories which horrible brake things.

FYI, packaging bug (unowned files) were to blame (rh bug #135723)

-- Rex




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