KDE SC 4.8.4 Status

[OneLine]

Updates

http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/07/02...ntu-devel.html

ScottK Any objections to me copying 4.8.4 to precise-updates tomorrow? It'll be seven days in the queue. 00:17
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ScottK 4.8.4 -> precise-updates. 14:34

and

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...e/+bug/1007798

Scott Kitterman (kitterman) wrote 1 hour ago: #5

All 4.8.4 packages copied to precise-updates.

[OneLine]

Proposed

http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2012/06/23...ntu-devel.html

debfx ScottK: I've started uploading KDE 4.8.4 to p-proposed. meta-kde and kde4libs are already in the queue. 21:01

SRU
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-...nding-sru.html
--> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...e/+bug/1007798

[SteveRiley]

I happened to grab the 4.8.80 update during the few hours it was briefly in the Kubuntu Backports PPA. It hasn't caused any major problems, but it's obviously been replaced already with 4.8.90 in the beta backports PPA. Sounds like it's working well for you guys, I should probably add the repository and upgrade.

[NoWorries]

4.8.90 is working well so far on Precise, but System Settings > Workspace Appearance crashed System Settings until I uninstalled qtcurve; not just de-selected, I had to uninstall it.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301646

I have also found that 4.8.90 is working well. I checked the system that I installed it on and found that gtcurve was not installed and the problems you experienced did not happen.

So far I have not found a great deal of difference because I do not used it a lot as it is on my wife's computer and she has not complained. The only thing that I did notice was that there was a popping sound which increased in volume as the speaker volume was increased. This is quite useful.

Edit . . . Another change is with the file rename (F2) in Dolphin. This is now done in situ with a blue box around the filename. One change that I consider retrograde is the display of NFS mounts and removable devices in the Places panel of Dolphin. The bar under the device is no longer present to show the device is mounted. There is now a small icon on the left of the device name with a small arrow when the device is mounted.

[ronw]

4.9 Beta is availble as well - dare we?

4.8.90 is working well so far on Precise, but System Settings > Workspace Appearance crashed System Settings until I uninstalled qtcurve; not just de-selected, I had to uninstall it.

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=301646

[OneLine]

Learning from history

(Previous page of the "KDE SC 4.8.4 Status"): "The KDE 4.8.3 testing and transition from the Kubuntu updates PPA to the Ubuntu updates did take about a month..."

The path to the Ubuntu updates is usually:

Kubuntu-ninjas PPA --(closed testing)--> Kubuntu Staging PPA --> Kubuntu updates PPA --(open testing)--> Ubuntu proposed --(open testing)--> Ubuntu updates


SRU

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates

Once an Ubuntu release has been completed and published, updates for it are only released under certain circumstances, and must follow a special procedure called a "stable release update" or SRU...

You could follow the progress of the SRU from the: http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-...nding-sru.html

[bailout]

I see that the announcement says "You can get it from the Kubuntu Updates PPA until the packages are available in the official repositories." How long will it take for them to moved to the standard repos?

[Snowhog]

Sure. Go for it. We'll be watching you from the sidelines!

[blackpaw]

4.9 Beta is availble as well - dare we?

[GreyGeek]

I just got an upgrade notice and when it was all done I was presented with a brand spanking new KDE 4.8.4 desktop!

No problems so far.

[OneLine]

http://www.kubuntu.org/kde-sc-4.8.4:

KDE Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform 4.8.4
Submitted on Sat, 2012-06-16


Packages for the release of the KDE Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform 4.8.4 are available for Kubuntu 12.04. You can get it from the Kubuntu Updates PPA until the packages are available in the official repositories.

Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:
ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa

Many thanks to Felix for driving this update.

[sumski]

2 commits that caused the issues are reverted upstream, and these fixes are applied to kdelibs packaged in the PPA:

kde4libs (4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.1~ppa2) precise; urgency=low * New upstream release.

* Update symbol files.

* Cherry-pick two commits from the upstream KDE/4.8.x branch so that kdelibs works with soprano 2.7.

- Add Revert_Always_rec-connect_if_forced.diff

- Add Revert_disconnect_before_re-connecting.diff

[vw72]

The KDE SC 4.8.4 packages have been moved to the Kubuntu updates PPA.

Note !
There is no official release announcement - at the moment: http://www.kubuntu.org/

So do we know if the regression that is being discussed on the kde developer's list and prompting a quick release to 4.8.5 has been resolved?

[OneLine]

The KDE SC 4.8.4 packages have been moved to the Kubuntu updates PPA.

Note !
There is no official release announcement - at the moment: http://www.kubuntu.org/

---EDIT---

Release announcement: http://www.kubuntu.org/kde-sc-4.8.4

---EDIT---


At here:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

An Option

man ppa-purge

NAME
ppa-purge - disables a PPA and reverts to official packages

:~$ sudo ppa-purge ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa
Updating packages lists
PPA to be removed: kubuntu-ppa ppa
comm: file 2 is not in sorted order
Package revert list generated:
akregator/precise ark/precise...
...umbrello/precise

Disabling kubuntu-ppa PPA from
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-ppa-precise.list
Updating packages lists
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
...
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 248 downgraded, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 92.7 MB/92.7 MB of archives.
After this operation, 528 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

[eggbert]

Unfortunately, don't really have the time or knowledge to be of much help I guess I can kick them a donation though.