Re: [opensuse-kde] KDE4/Qt4 removal from openSUSE Factory

Hans-Peter Jansen <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.suse.opensuse.devel,gmane.linux.suse.kde
Message-ID <25929853.2RsDLGBXGT@xrated>
Am Donnerstag, 28. März 2019, 14:49:36 CET schrieb Christophe Giboudeaux:
> Hi,
> 
> Short version:
> KDE4 is dead and will be removed shortly from openSUSE Factory.
> Qt4 is dead and shall be removed as soon as possible from openSUSE Factory.
> 
> Long version:
> The last kdelibs version was released in 2017 and is no longer maintained,
> Qt4 is also no longer maintained upstream.
> 
> To avoid keeping zombies with security issues, it's time to kill the
> kdelibs4 based packages but also the Qt4 based ones.
> 
> A couple delete requests for KDE4 packages are currently being processes and
> more will follow.
> kdelibs4 will be the last one to go and after that, we'll remove packages
> not present in Leap from the KDE: tree.
> 
> Qt4's fate shall be the same. If you maintain packages still using Qt4,
> please check if Qt5-based versions exist, if the Qt dependency is mandatory
> and/or if these packages are still useful.

Hrmpf, removing KDE4/Qt4 will remove a lot of packages:

  breeze4-style             5.15.3-1.1               
  jovie                     17.08.3-1.5              
  kdebase4-runtime          17.08.3-6.5              
  kdebase4-workspace-libs   4.11.22-16.3             
  kdelibs4                  4.14.38-7.1              
  kdelibs4-core             4.14.38-7.1              
  kding                     0.6-1                    
  kscd                      17.08.3-1.3              
  libattica0_4              0.4.2-5.11               
  libbreezecommon4-5        5.15.3-1.1               
  libdbusmenu-qt2           0.9.2+14.04.20131209-3.13
  libkactivities6           4.13.3-6.13              
  libkde4                   4.14.38-7.1              
  libkdecore4               4.14.38-7.1              
  libksuseinstall1          4.14.38-7.1              
  libphonon4                4.10.2-1.1               
  libpolkit-qt-1-1          0.112.0-1.9              
  libqt4                    4.8.7-16.1               
  libqt4-qt3support         4.8.7-16.1               
  libqt4-sql                4.8.7-16.1               
  libqt4-sql-sqlite         4.8.7-16.1               
  libqt4-x11                4.8.7-16.1               
  phonon-backend-gstreamer  4.9.0-1.10               
  scribus                   1.4.7-3.3                
  sni-qt                    0.2.6-5.4                
  unetbootin                0.0.657-1.3              

On another system:

  amarok                             2.9.0-2.5                
  amarok-lang                        2.9.0-2.5                
  breeze4-style                      5.14.5-1.3               
  jovie                              17.08.3-1.5              
  kde4-kgreeter-plugins              4.11.22-16.3             
  kdebase4-runtime                   17.08.3-6.4              
  kdebase4-workspace-libs            4.11.22-16.3             
  kdelibs4                           4.14.38-6.3              
  kdelibs4-core                      4.14.38-6.3              
  kdepimlibs4                        4.14.10-7.3              
  kdm                                4.11.22-16.3             
  kdm-theme-lisa                     1.2-2.2                  
  keurocalc                          1.2.3-1.6                
  keurocalc-lang                     1.2.3-1.6                
  kio_audiocd4                       16.08.3-1.7              
  kio_mtp                            0.75-6.10                
  kscd                               17.08.3-1.3              
  libQtWebKit-devel                  4.8.7+2.3.4-2.157        
  libQtWebKit4                       4.8.7+2.3.4-2.157        
  libakonadi4                        4.14.10-7.3              
  libakonadiprotocolinternals1       1.13.0-11.7              
  libattica0_4                       0.4.2-5.11               
  libbreezecommon4-5                 5.14.5-1.3               
  libdbusmenu-qt2                    0.9.2+14.04.20131209-3.13
  libjoschy0                         0.8.1-4.5                
  libkactivities6                    4.13.3-6.13              
  libkcddb4                          16.08.3-1.7              
  libkcompactdisc4                   16.08.3-1.8              
  libkde4                            4.14.38-6.3              
  libkdecore4                        4.14.38-6.3              
  libkdegames6                       14.12.3-1.13             
  libkdepimlibs4                     4.14.10-7.3              
  libkscreen                         1.0.5-2.13               
  libkscreen1                        1.0.5-2.13               
  libksuseinstall1                   4.14.38-6.3              
  liblastfm1                         1.0.9-1.7                
  libmygpo-qt1                       1.1.0-1.3                
  libphonon4                         4.10.2-1.1               
  libpolkit-qt-1-1                   0.112.0-1.9              
  libprison0                         1.1.1-4.15               
  libqca2                            2.1.3-3.4                
  libqimageblitz4                    0.0.6+svn1515099-1.4     
  libqjson0                          0.8.1-9.12               
  libqscintilla2_qt4-13              2.10.8-2.4               
  libqt4                             4.8.7-15.2               
  libqt4-devel                       4.8.7-15.2               
  libqt4-linguist                    4.8.7-15.2               
  libqt4-qt3support                  4.8.7-15.2               
  libqt4-sql                         4.8.7-15.2               
  libqt4-sql-sqlite                  4.8.7-15.2               
  libqt4-x11                         4.8.7-15.2               
  oxygen-transparent                 0.1+20141112-6.8         
  oxygen-transparent-liboxygenstyle  0.1+20141112-6.8         
  phonon-backend-gstreamer           4.9.0-1.10               
  phonon-devel                       4.10.2-1.1               
  plasma-theme-helium                4.1.0-2.2                
  python3-qscintilla-qt4             2.10.8-2.5               
  python3-qt4                        4.12.3-1.4               
  qt4-qtscript                       0.2.0-13.3               
  recorditnow                        0.8.1-4.5                
  recorditnow-backend-ffmpeg         0.8.1-4.5                
  recorditnow-backend-mplayer        0.8.1-4.5                
  scribus                            1.4.7-3.2                
  sni-qt                             0.2.6-5.4                
  tipp10                             2.1.0-0                  

<irony>
Sure, you might get a more secure system, simply because loosing a lot of 
users... Less installed systems, less security issues with it. I'm not sure, 
if this is your intention.
</irony>

Is there any tool, that attempts an automatic transformation of Qt4/KDE4 based 
applications to Qt5/Plasma5, which requires manual work for the real issues 
only?

Missing amarok, scribus, and kding hurts the most.

Not being able to play an Audio CD will be a shame as well.

Cheers,
Pete


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