Re: [Fwd: Re: kdebase-runtime upgrade problems]

Hi

I just updated to 4.3 on Kubuntu (worth it). I noticed that the updater wanted 
to remove Quanta as it depends on certain '=' 3.5 packages that have been 
updated to 4.30.
To solve it, I did the update, removed quanta and reinstalled it after the 
update. This solution downgraded the dependencies back to 3.50 and Quanta runs 
ok. I don't need kfilereplace 4.3 etc for anything else.

Not sure if that will work in Debian, but it may help as they are both APT 
based.

Cheers
James

On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:57:46 pm Arthur Marsh wrote:
> Hi, I'm overdue for sleep now, but would like to know if anyone is up to
> packaging Quanta 3.5.X so that it works on Debian with KDE 4.3.0?
>
> Rosegarden and Quanta are the main reason that I run KDE.
>
> Arthur.
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: kdebase-runtime upgrade problems
> Resent-Date: Thu,  6 Aug 2009 12:25:04 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 15:24:33 +0300
> From: Modestas Vainius <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> CC: Arthur Marsh <[email protected]>
> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.user.kde
> References: <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]>
> <[email protected]>
>
> Hello,
>
> On ketvirtadienis 06 Rugpjūtis 2009 15:06:05 Arthur Marsh wrote:
> > Thanks for the quick turnaround, but it leaves me with an interesting
> > situation.
> >
> > I run most packages from unstable, but have kept KDE at 3.5.9/3.5.10 as
> > my reason for running KDE in the first place was Quanta, which is still
> > at 4:3.5.9-3, and does not "see" cervisia versions later than 4:3.5.9-3
> > and needs kdebase-kio-plugins 4:3.5.X also.
> >
> > I have been able to run KDE 3.5.9/3.5.10 with some KDE 4.X packages
> > (e.g. okular) where X <= 2.4.
> >
> > With KDE 4.3.Y hitting unstable, I have had to hold packages like okular
> > at version 4.2.4 to avoid upgrading to KDE 4.X as the base environment.
> >
> > Is it possible to migrate to KDE 4.3.Z and leave enough KDE 3.5.whatever
> > compatibility to run programs such as Quanta and Rosegarden which are a
> > long way from being ported to KDE 4.x with full functionality?
>
> With the upload of KDE 4.3, this has become a lot harder. Old
> kdebase-data and
> kdebase-runtime are no longer co-installable (intentionally). We have
> stated
> many times that we are NOT willing to support KDE 3.5 desktop in sid. We
> have
> also stated that we are willing to help other people to get some KDE3 apps
> like Quanta working with KDE 4 desktop (with proper (re)packaging of it).
> Therefore, you are very welcome to start (re)packaging Quanta.
>
> Alternatively, you can hack binary package Depends: field and see it if the
> end result works without some dependencies.
-- 
Many thanks
James


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