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author | Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2015-12-17 16:35:19 +0100 |
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committer | Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2015-12-17 16:35:19 +0100 |
commit | 5c32fd177dd9dd445417f6f98c52d727e9a7f703 (patch) | |
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Release of KDE 5_15.12 for Slackware.KDE-5_15.12
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diff --git a/README.5_15.11 b/README.5_15.12 index aacb03d..97a9a5b 100644 --- a/README.5_15.11 +++ b/README.5_15.12 @@ -1,83 +1,55 @@ KDE5 ==== -Here is KDE 5_15.11 for Slackware, consisting of the KDE Frameworks 5.16.0, -Plasma 5.4.3 and Applications 15.08.3. +Here is KDE 5_15.12 for Slackware, consisting of the KDE Frameworks 5.17.0, +Plasma 5.5.1 and Applications 15.12.0. -Upgrading from the previous 5_15.10 should be straight-forward. -KDE-5_15.11 is meant only to be installed on top of Slackware -current and +Upgrading from the previous 5_15.11 should be straight-forward. +KDE-5_15.12 is meant only to be installed on top of Slackware -current and it will *replace* any version of KDE 4 you might have installed! What is the NEWS in this batch of updates: -- Two rebuilt "deps" packages: qca-qt5 and libproxy. -- Several packages in "kde/kde4" were rebuilt because of library updates - in slackware-current. -- Frameworks 5.16.0 is an enhancement release, new Frameworks are: - oxygen-icons5 and breeze-icons. These new icons really make a difference! - See https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.16.0.php -- Plasma 5.4.3 is a bugfix release, you can read the details in - https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.4.3.php . -- Applications 15.08.3 is a bugfix release as well - see - https://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-15.08.3.php . -- Kdepim is part of the Applications release, but the packages are placed in - a separate subdirectory "kde/kdepim". -- In plasma-extra you will find updates for the kdeconnect-framework, sddm-qt5 - and xembed-sni-proxy packages. -- ConsoleKit2 has now been added to Slackware itself, replacing ConsoleKit. - It is properly maintained by a Slackware-friendly developer and exposes the - critical parts of the systemd-logind API (so that we can ignore systemd). -- kdeconnect4 was removed now that Dolphin has been ported to KF5. - -Further points of interest that are unchanged since the previous releases: +- Frameworks 5.17.0 is an enhancement release. + See https://www.kde.org/announcements/kde-frameworks-5.17.0.php +- Plasma 5.5.1 is the first bugfix release of the 5.5 series. + See https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.5.1.php . Plasma 5.5 ditched + KDE's own TrueType font "oxygen-icons" in favor of Google's Noto font family. + Support for legacy Xembed protocol is back and my "xembed-sni-proxy" package + which I added a few releases earlier, is gone again from my repository + because its code is now part of Plasma itself. + Network Manager applet supports WPA Enterprise now. + A Breeze theme engine for GTK2+ applications was added. +- Applications 15.12.0 is a step further in maturing the KDE Frameworks 5 (KF5) + ports of the KDE application collection. + Highlight is the retirement of good old KSnapshot and the introduction of + a brand new screenshot tool, Spectacle. + Apart from KSnapshot, other packages have been removed as well: Amor, KTux + (both unmaintained), and SuperKaramba (Plasma offers similar functionality). + Several artwork collections are no longer shipped: kde-base-artwork, + kde-wallpapers and kdeartwork. Do you need them back? Please tell me. + +Further points of interest: - kde/kde4-extragear packages should be taken from slackware-current (calligra, k3b, kaudiocreator, kplayer, kwebkitpart, oxygen-gtk2, kdevplatform, kdevelop-pg-qt, kdevelop, kdev-python, kdevelop-php, kdevelop-php-docs, skanlite, kio-mtp, libktorrent, ktorrent, partitionmanager) -- 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 -- akonadi4 and kdepimlibs4 were added to support KDE 4 applications that call - PIM functionality. -- sddm-theme-breeze was removed, the theme is now part of plasma-workspace -- Lots of packages in the 'deps' department which are completely new to - Slackware. Since KDE 5 is built on Qt5 (KDE 4 had Qt4 as its base) you'll +- Lots of packages in the 'deps' department are completely new to 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 and the - aforementioned new telepathy support packages, these are the new ones: + new telepathy support packages (see below), 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. -- Note for users of multilib Slackware64 and also using Skype: you will have to - grab the 32-bit version of sni-qt and run 'convertpkg-compat32' on it, - or else Skype won't be able to dock its icon in the systray. -- A bit sneakily, I built phonon-vlc for you. You will also need a VLC package - to be able to use this package though. -- Several source tarballs in Plasma 5.4.x have not been compiled to Slackware - packages: libbluedevil and bluedevil (they need BlueZ 5 which is not part of - Slackware), muon (a debian/ubuntu package manager), libkface (needs opencv - 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 for using KWin inside a - X session it is not needed at *runtime*. + libdbusmenu-qt5, libindicator, lmdb, noto-font-ttf, noto-cjk-font-ttf, + polkit-qt5-1, qca-qt5, qt-gstreamer, qt5, sni-qt, wayland and libxkbcommon. - A completely new subset of "deps" packages, contained in their own - "telepathy" subdirectory, is paving the way for KDE Telepathy: + "telepathy" subdirectory, needed for KDE Telepathy: 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. - Telepathy for KDE packages are found in their own subdirectory kde/telepathy . -- 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 - user account's command prompt): - $ xwmconfig - ... and select "xinitrc.plasma" as your default window manager for X. - Then run: - $ startx NOTE: Also explained in more detail below, upgrading to this KDE 5 is non-trivial. @@ -168,6 +140,17 @@ If you have Slackware-current's default KDE 4.14.3 installed: # removepkg kdeconnect-kde ...or instead of the above, simply '# slackpkg remove kde'. +If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_15.11 installed: +- Upgrade to KDE-5_15.12 + Remove the packages that no longer exist in KDE 5_15.12: + * removepkg xembed-sni-proxy + * removepkg ktux + * removepkg amor + You may want to reconsider removing these, lots of old artwork in there: + * removepkg kde-base-artwork + * removepkg kde-wallpapers + * removepkg kdeartwork + If you have my 'ktown' set of KDE 5_15.10 installed: - Upgrade to KDE-5_15.11 Then re-install original Slackware-current package that was removed @@ -298,4 +281,4 @@ renamed or integrated and that is the reason for the 'removepkg' lines): Then reboot your system. ============================================================================== - Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 15-nov-2015 + Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 17-dec-2015 |