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-rw-r--r-- | README.5_18.02 (renamed from README.5_18.01) | 63 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | README.5_18.02.testing (renamed from README.5_18.01.testing) | 16 |
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diff --git a/README.5_18.01 b/README.5_18.02 index a5628a0..2efeadf 100644 --- a/README.5_18.01 +++ b/README.5_18.02 @@ -1,33 +1,35 @@ KDE5 ==== -Here is KDE 5_18.01 for Slackware, consisting of the KDE Frameworks 5.42.0, -Plasma 5.11.5 and Applications 17.12.1 on top of Qt 5.9.3. +Here is KDE 5_18.02 for Slackware, consisting of the KDE Frameworks 5.43.0, +Plasma 5.12.0 and Applications 17.12.2 on top of Qt 5.9.4. -Upgrading from the previous 5_17.12 is relatively straight-forward. +Upgrading from the previous 5_18.01 is relatively straight-forward. -KDE-5_18.01 is meant to be installed on top of Slackware -current. +KDE-5_18.02 is meant to be installed on top of Slackware -current. It will *replace* any version of KDE 4 you might have installed! The Plasma 5 Desktop has gotten rid of its Qt4 legacy. Applications 17.12 no longer ships anything based on kdelibs4. What is the NEWS in this batch of updates: -Compared to last month when we said good-bye to the KDE4 legacy, there's -nothing really exciting to report this time. +- The 'deps' section has been graced with an updated qt5 package. I opted + for 5.9.4 which is the last one in the 5.9 series in the hope that Pat + updates to qt5-5.10 when adding Plasma5 to Slackware. + Also, I added two new packages here: cryptopp and cryfs. The Plasma Vault + requires en encryption backend and cryfs seems to be the best choice + (alternative backends would be encfs or tomb). - Frameworks update is a stability release, see: - https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.42.0.php . -- Plasma also is a stability update, see - https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5.php . + https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.43.0.php . +- Plasma is the highlight of the month. Version 5.12 is a Long Term Support + (LTS) release, which replaces the previous LTS version 5.8. + https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.12.0.php . I compiled plasma5-nm against openconnect so that it picks up support for it. However I did not add openconnect to the 'deps' section, you need - to install it separately if you need it. -- Applications 17.12.1 is the first incremental update for the 17.12 series + to install it separately if you need it. +- Applications 17.12.2 is an incremental update for the 17.12 series and fixes some bugs. - See https://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-17.12.1.php . -- In applications-extra I have recompiled kjots. Upgraded are digikam, krita, - partitionmanager, kstars, kdevelop,kdev-php and kdev-python. - The kdevplatform package has been removed as it is no longer part - of the KDEvelop suite. + See https://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-17.12.2.php . +- In applications-extra I have upgraded calligra and added calligraplan. Further points of interest: - If you have a KDE4-based application that needs library support on this @@ -46,14 +48,14 @@ Further points of interest: applications to dock into the Plasma 5 system tray, more dependencies were needed. So, apart from updates to regular Slackware packages and the new telepathy support packages (see below), these are the new ones: - OpenAL, PyQT5, accountsservice, cfitsio, cracklib, ddcutil, dvdauthor, - frei0r-plugins, grantlee-qt4, hack-font-ttf, id3lib, json-glib, lensfun, - libappindicator, libburn, libdbusmenu-gtk, libdbusmenu-qt5, libdmtx, + OpenAL, PyQT5, accountsservice, cfitsio, cracklib, cryptopp, cryfs, ddcutil, + dvdauthor, frei0r-plugins, grantlee-qt4, hack-font-ttf, id3lib, json-glib, + lensfun, libappindicator, libburn, libdbusmenu-gtk, libdbusmenu-qt5, libdmtx, libindicator, libinput, libpwquality, libwacom, libxkbcommon, lmdb, mlt, ninja, noto-font-ttf, noto-cjk-font-ttf, opencv, polkit-qt5-1, qca-qt5, - qrencode, qt-gstreamer, qt5, qt5-webkit, qtav, sni-qt, vid.stab - and wayland. - As a side note, libinput and libwacom have become part of Slackware-current. + qrencode, qt-gstreamer, qt5, qt5-webkit, qtav, sni-qt, vid.stab and wayland. + As a side note, libinput libwacom and ninja have become part + of Slackware-current. Technically that makes them redundant in the above listing, however I still compile Plasma5 packages for Slackware 14.2 so I left them in. The phonon and poppler packages were extended so that they now support @@ -68,6 +70,9 @@ Further points of interest: telepathy-morse, telepathy-qt5, telepathy-logger, telepathy-logger-qt5, telepathy-mission-control and telepathy-accounts-signon. - Telepathy for KDE packages are found in their own subdirectory kde/telepathy . +- KDEI is gone. The localizations are now embedded in each package and + no longer available as separate 'kdei' packages. This is a by design. + You will get all languages installed by default. NOTE: If you install a 32bit program on a 64bit Slackware computer with multilib @@ -98,9 +103,12 @@ Install pre-compiled packages: In order to install or upgrade KDE 5, follow these steps: -Make sure you are not running KDE or even X ! If you are running an X session, -log out first, and if you are in runlevel 4 (graphical login) you first have to -go back to runlevel 3 (console) by typing "init 3". +Make sure you are not running KDE or even X ! +If you are running an X session, log out first to return to the console. +If your computer boots to runlevel 4 (graphical login) you first have to go +back to runlevel 3 (console) after logging out. Press <Ctrl><Alt><F1> to +switch to a console, logon there, and execute the command "init 3" to +switch from runlevel 4 to 3, thereby effectively stopping X. If you still have a KDE 4 installed, it must be removed first. No clean upgrade path can be provided! Do as follows: @@ -133,6 +141,9 @@ the way, they were split up, renamed or integrated and that is the reason for some of the 'removepkg' lines you'll see below. Here we go: +If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_18.01 installed: +- No further actions are needed. + If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_17.12 installed: - Upgrade to KDE 5_18.01 Remove the packages that no longer exist in KDE 5_18.01: @@ -352,4 +363,4 @@ Note that these packages will already have been installed by KDE.SlackBuild ! Reboot your computer and login to a Plasma session. ============================================================================== - Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 18-jan-2018 + Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 09-feb-2018 diff --git a/README.5_18.01.testing b/README.5_18.02.testing index 06a582c..f13f92a 100644 --- a/README.5_18.01.testing +++ b/README.5_18.02.testing @@ -1,14 +1,14 @@ KDE5 ==== -Here is KDE 5_18.01_testing for Slackware, consisting of the -KDE Frameworks 5.42.0, Plasma 5.11.5 and Applications 17.12.1 -on top of Qt 5.9.3. +Here is KDE 5_18.02_testing for Slackware, consisting of the +KDE Frameworks 5.43.0, Plasma 5.12.0 and Applications 17.12.2 +on top of Qt 5.9.4. -Upgrading from 5_17.12_testing is straight-forward. +Upgrading from 5_18.01_testing is straight-forward. -KDE-5_18.01_testing is meant to be installed on top of slackware -current. -It is different from the 'regular' KDE_5.18.01 release in the sense that this +KDE-5_18.02_testing is meant to be installed on top of slackware -current. +It is different from the 'regular' KDE_5.18.02 release in the sense that this 'testing' release has a working Wayland support for Plasma5 on Slackware. To this purpose, the original Slackware packages 'mesa' and xorg-server' were recompiled to add Wayland support. Having to provide altered packages @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ the KWin developers then added CK2 as an alternative in case systemd-logind is not present on the system. Which means, we do not need PAM nor systemd to make Wayland work on Slackware. -The differences between 'KDE-5_18.01' and 'KDE-5_18.01_testing': +The differences between 'KDE-5_18.02' and 'KDE-5_18.02_testing': Added packages: Deps: @@ -84,4 +84,4 @@ Wayland working on Slackware. Otherwise, the 'latest' release is what you need. ============================================================================== - Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 18-jan-2018 + Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 10-feb-2018 |