Is KDE 4.8 ready now?

[FrAgMaKeR]

Is this repo - Index of /repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1 stable enough now to be used with openSUSE 12.1?

[caf4926]

Is this repo - Index of /repositories/KDE:/Release:/48/openSUSE_12.1 stable enough now to be used with openSUSE 12.1?

My advice is No
Not just yet

[dth2]

why not caf?

not questioning your judgment in any way i am just curious

[eng-int]

KDE-4.8 has not been released yet.
The repositories at .../ReleaseL/48/ are in preparation, and do not contain a working set.

The source for KDE-4.8rc2 has been released for testing. This is also known as KDE-4.7.97 and a useable build can be found in:
repositories/KDE:/Unstable:/SC/openSUSE_12.1/
Previously RC1 was there. I am using this for testing purposes only, it is not production ready.

If you want a usable bleeding-edge KDE system, I would wait until 4.8 is released, and expect ...Release:/48 to contain a working system within about a week following release.

[dth2]

Thanks for posting.

I see that the repo referred to in the original post is made up of kde 4.7.98 - which I assume is a tweaked version of rc2.

[dth2]

just checked again and the packages are now 4.8.0

[eng-int]

If you look carefully at the content (the clue is in the build numbers), you will see that those i586 packages are actually builds from 4.7.98 sources.

Wait until 4.8 is released by KDE if you want a working system.

[dth2]

Thanks for the clarification.

I will wait until kde 4.8 is in the main factory repo.

[keellambert]

some of kde4.8 is now in the repo

the following requirements are not yet provided
kdebase4-session-4.8.0-63.1.noarch requires kdebase4-workspace >= 4.8.0
libkdeedu4-data-4.8.0-23.1.noarch requires libkeduvocdocument4 = 4.8.0
python-kdebase4-4.7.98-728.1.x86_64 requires python-kde4 = 4.7.98

due to the above the following packages were removed
akonadi-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
kdepim4-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
kdepim4-runtime-4.7.4-6.3.x86_64
kdepim4-wizards-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
kgpg-4.7.4-5.8.x86_64
kmail-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
kontact-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
konversation-1.3.1-11.3.1.x86_64
korganizer-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64

apart from the above all is working very well
new is high cpu useage after kde desktop comes up, only lasts for about 50 seconds
start jingle has also gone

[keellambert]

21-Jan-2012 with up/downgrades the list is shortened :-
(re: post #9)

akonadi-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
kdepim4-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
kdepim4-wizards-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
kmail-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
kontact-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64
korganizer-4.7.4-6.9.x86_64