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author | Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2015-10-13 20:44:24 +0200 |
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committer | Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2015-10-13 20:44:24 +0200 |
commit | 5fde630b0d57e97be63494818bddbb3f623b4f43 (patch) | |
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Release of KDE 5_15.10 for Slackware.KDE-5_15.10
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diff --git a/README.5_15.09_02 b/README.5_15.10 index 7019847..8c95c36 100644 --- a/README.5_15.09_02 +++ b/README.5_15.10 @@ -1,44 +1,39 @@ KDE5 ==== -Here is KDE 5_15.09_02 for Slackware, consisting of the KDE Frameworks 5.14.0, -Plasma 5.4.1 and Applications 15.08.1. +Here is KDE 5_15.10 for Slackware, consisting of the KDE Frameworks 5.15.0, +Plasma 5.4.2 and Applications 15.08.2. -Upgrading from the previous 5_15.09 should be an easy ride. -KDE-5_15.09 is meant only to be installed on top of Slackware -current and +Upgrading from the previous 5_15.09_02 should be straight-forward. +KDE-5_15.10 is meant only to be installed on top of Slackware -current and it will *replace* any version of KDE 4 you might have installed! -There is a couple of bugs left that really nag me: -Both these issues are most likely caused by the Intel driver in -Slackware-current, not by the KDE packages. -- Whenever the power saver kicks in and I am not paying attention, the screen - of my Lenovo T400 laptop (Intel graphics) turns black (backlight stays off?). - I have to Ctrl-Alt-F1 to get to my Linux console, press the brightness button - until I can read again what's on screen, and then back to X using Alt-F7. -- If the screenlocker was activated during powersave, and I have to run the - above sequence to get my X display visible again, the screenlocker is - seemingly not responding to my typing. But in fact the display is simply not - refreshing. After typing my password and hitting ENTER (thus unlocking my - session) the screen seems unchanged until I press Alt-TAB and the screen - suddenly refreshes, showing my unlocked desktop. - -Noteworthy NEWS for this batch of updates: -- One "deps" package was removed: - LoginKit - it did not add anything that ConsoleKit2 does not do already - (offer the same API as systemd-logind) and in fact having it installed - was the cause of minute-log delays in displaying the "Leave" menu or - responding to clicks on the Logout widget. One annoyance less! -- One "deps" packages was added: - libproxy - this is a recompilation of the package that is already - part of Slackware. I rebuilt it without support for KDE 4, which will - help preventing crashes in KDE Frameworks 5 (KF5) based applications - that call libproxy's functions which in turn would load KDE 4 libraries. -- Frameworks 5.14.0 is an enhancement release, lots of fixes are documented on - https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.14.0.php -- Plasma 5.4.1 is a bugfix release, you can read all the details in - https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.4.1.php -- Applications 15.08.1 is a bugfix release as well, mainly for the total of - 107 applications that have been ported to KF5. +What is the NEWS in this batch of updates: +- Two updated "deps" packages: qca-qt5 and wayland. +- A completely new subset of "deps" packages, contained in their own + "telepathy" subdirectory, is paving the way for KDE Telepathy (see below): + libotr, libnice, farstream, libaccounts-glib, libaccounts-qt5, + signon, signon-plugin-oauth2, signon-ui, libsignon-glib, + telepathy-glib, telepathy-farstream, telepathy-haze, telepathy-gabble, + telepathy-qt5, telepathy-logger, telepathy-logger-qt5, + telepathy-mission-control and telepathy-accounts-signon. +- Frameworks 5.15.0 is an enhancement release, no new Framework was added. See + https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.15.0.php +- Plasma 5.4.2 is a bugfix release, you can read the details in + https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.4.2.php . Worth mentioning is + that I have finally enabled the 'plasma-mediacenter' package. +- In plasma-extra you will find a rebuilt sddm-qt5 package which fixes the + broken progress bar on startup of the Plasma Desktop session. Also you will + find a new package 'xembed-sni-proxy' which docks into the Plasma 5 system + tray and provided a legacy XEmbed tray for those applications that need it. + It is therefore no longer necessary to use a program like trayer-srg or + stalonetray to make these XEmbed tray-icons visible. +- Applications 15.08.2 is a bugfix release as well. But for my Slackware + package set, the important change is that I have added all the KDE Telepathy + packages that previously stayed un-built. You'll find a new systray icon + waiting for you to configure your IM accounts. Only the voice & video GUI + is still missing, the KDE Telepathy developers are still looking for someone + knowledgeable to port the old KDE 4 version to Frameworks 5. Further points of interest that are unchanged since the previous releases: - ConsoleKit2 replaces Slackware's ConsoleKit. Now we have something again @@ -48,13 +43,8 @@ Further points of interest that are unchanged since the previous releases: k3b, kaudiocreator, kplayer, kwebkitpart, oxygen-gtk2, kdevplatform, kdevelop-pg-qt, kdevelop, kdev-python, kdevelop-php, kdevelop-php-docs, skanlite, kio-mtp, libktorrent, ktorrent, partitionmanager) -- I still did not compile the new Plasma Mediacenter tech-preview. -- Note that I did not compile the new KDEnlive and KDE Telepathy. They need - a lot of attention before I can build them and it was more important to me - to have a new release of KDE 5 out as fast as possible, that works with - the latest slackware-current. - If you are curious and want to try yourself, start by reading: - https://community.kde.org/KTp/Setting_up_KAccounts +- Note that I did not compile KDEnlive which ships with Applications. It needs + a lot of attention before I can build this (ffmpeg amd more is required). - katepart4 was added so that kdevelop works again - konsolepart4 was added to be able to use an embedded konsole in dolphin - kdeconnect4 was added; this stripped-down version of the KDE4 based @@ -67,8 +57,8 @@ Further points of interest that are unchanged since the previous releases: Slackware. Since KDE 5 is built on Qt5 (KDE 4 had Qt4 as its base) you'll find many Qt5 related packages. Also, in order for Qt4 and GTK based applications to dock into the Plasma 5 system tray, more dependencies were - needed. So, apart from updates to regular Slackware packages, these are the - new ones: + needed. So, apart from updates to regular Slackware packages and the + aforementioned new telepathy support packages, these are the new ones: OpenAL, PyQT5, cfitsio, json-glib, libappindicator, libdbusmenu-gtk, libdbusmenu-qt5, libindicator, lmdb, polkit-qt5-1, qca-qt5, qt-gstreamer, qt5, sni-qt, wayland and xapian-core. @@ -83,9 +73,8 @@ Further points of interest that are unchanged since the previous releases: which I was not willing to add as a dependency), user-manager and kwallet-pam (need PAM), plasma-pa (needs pulseaudio). - One dependency which you'll probably find curious, is wayland. It is required - in order to *compile* KWin's X11 driver, but it is apparently not needed at - *runtime*. Nevertheless, I left the package in, just in case you want or need - to recompile kwin. + in order to *compile* KWin's X11 driver, but for using KWin inside a + X session it is not needed at *runtime*. - Graphical login: KDM has been replaced with SDDM. Slackware-current supports it already. Select "Plasma" from the SDDM session dropdown. Alternatively, if you prefer good old runlevel 3, you can type (at your own @@ -183,6 +172,10 @@ If you have Slackware-current's default KDE 4.14.3 installed: # removepkg polkit-kde-agent-1 # removepkg polkit-kde-kcmodules-1 # removepkg kdeconnect-kde +...or instead of the above, simply '# slackpkg remove kde'. + +If you hsve my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_15.09_02 installed: +- No further actions are needed. If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_15.09 installed: - Upgrade to KDE-5_15.09_02 and then remove the packages @@ -270,10 +263,12 @@ renamed or integrated and that is the reason for the 'removepkg' lines): On Slackware 32-bit: # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86/deps/*.t?z + # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86/deps/telepathy/*.t?z # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86/kde/*/*.t?z On Slackware 64-bit: # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86_64/deps/*.t?z + # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86_64/deps/telepathy/*.t?z # upgradepkg --reinstall --install-new x86_64/kde/*/*.t?z If you already have one or more non-english language packs installed: @@ -299,4 +294,4 @@ renamed or integrated and that is the reason for the 'removepkg' lines): Then reboot your system. ============================================================================== - Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 14-sep-2015 + Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 13-oct-2015 |