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| author |   Repository QA checks <repo-qa-checks@gentoo.org> | 2017-01-19 20:03:26 +0000 |
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| committer | Repository QA checks <repo-qa-checks@gentoo.org> | 2017-01-19 20:03:26 +0000 |
| commit | 40dadf735cf08ba5cfa870c87e29ac8b79af1e77 (patch) | |
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| parent | Merge commit '82b7034b6b33805450b0b671bcabf750cce182b2' (diff) | |
| parent | Add news item about Plasma-4, KDM and KDE profile removal (diff) | |
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diff --git a/metadata/news/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal.en.txt b/metadata/news/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d07bca7b7f4e --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Title: KDE Plasma 4 and KDE profile removal +Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> +Content-Type: text/plain +Posted: 2017-01-08 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 1.0 +Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdebase-startkde +Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdm +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv4/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv4t/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv5te/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv6j/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv7a/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/m68k/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/32bit-userland/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/32bit-userland/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sh/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd + +KDE Plasma 4 has reached end of life in Portage. Upstream dropped support +in 2015-08-19, no security bugs have been fixed since then. It is therefore +required for all users to upgrade to KDE Plasma 5. + +KDM is being removed as well. Upstream recommends x11-misc/sddm instead which +is pulled in by plasma-meta by default. +OpenRC users edit /etc/conf.d/xdm and update DISPLAYMANAGER. +Systemd users run: systemctl reenable sddm.service + +Part of the cleanup will also be the KDE desktop profile, which is superseded +by the Plasma desktop profile. Please follow the detailed upgrade guide.[1] + +KDE Plasma 4.11 packages will be moved to kde-sunset overlay.[2] + +[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE/Plasma_5_upgrade +[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay:Kde-sunset diff --git a/metadata/news/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal.en.txt.asc b/metadata/news/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal.en.txt.asc new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0e8ac6e58d30 --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal.en.txt.asc @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- + +iQIcBAABCAAGBQJYgRehAAoJEOclVpXYugee8oUQAJVsQXVGHIX+pShKsCXnupMP +1H5X+xJlYJ/co4lR9dVT+7wCL2jMT31qiWx1aBo5qj74Ftdlc1IqaDaZG8nDQcwq +43eIBaqxO0D1VCw55ENSkKLHDwNEk9TiuwDBkhsgaS+HffihTCkYAtH/38ykiNUc +eQwm1KCplfhH84rezxuRy+CtzZ0x+TeAeDUtwoqNc0UEY4Mv1aAY9nkokjhMlMR7 +SiiQZvKxfAyWBiQZwGwGiaLYN+iu0nTNBI4bxwLayTuLWt8QxtSBvfvlbCW9wDxL +ZGsqLH4+Q7GjATKYnaDJcx8KvY9dFdOzfCYtMbMW9miDjmqSrvKUCbPtgZ8hG1fi +9W6XPwwDWhHWve6lDQ7BCFvpCVMvCbfAlUNOy2X/M4nE37IWc8pWv9DR52qCEqD9 +lkmCo5ox6V1lY5GiUrTFzGjFEx5FHsjC4rUxS0Y9mu0P2dY5WsblL8/USqndEGR8 +r3f7btCss90T1cORV1frG/00OKF265Zs2rn3lY5dGiZsv0mgGB8fUnzBT+NyXMZW +qmvLJ73bi1ULGuYr+4VlHF8OPMGpViEIE9PjdrSsvBNqgaznJ+xoku76pMBXlaCa +F6zqoqA5Sp+mETFqm95PFxskhLMLlI69IjLlZucXFRpk5lQU330YIcrXL5YYhQ0X +kXujpiXRwrEL93qnpooS +=bRjP +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |