[SOLVED] 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu

[Oceanwatcher]

KDE 4.2.3 got released yesterday and I am wondering how long it usually takes to get it into the Kubuntu system.

There are some bugfixes in there that I really would like to get... Especially the one that fixes the multiple e-mail problem in the addressbook.

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu?

Uneducated Guess

Probably soon. The JJ is now a released final so there is a short test phase before the packages are added to the normal repositories. Now the KDE 4.2.3 packages can be found > PPA for Kubuntu Most Experimental Packages:

Description

Low quality and therefore dangerous packages, which are trials of prealpha software which might be included in the Ubuntu archives at some point.

About Kubuntu PPA's

> Discussing an "Official" Kubuntu PPA scheme

...
Currently, the unofficial scheme we have for using these PPAs is:
- Use kubuntu-members-kde4 for pushing backported versions of new stable
KDE/KDE-related software releases
- Use kubuntu-experimental to publish backported alpha/beta versions of KDE
software found in the development release of Kubuntu
- Use kubuntu-ninjas to stage all KDE/KDE-related software releases
...
Kubuntu-members has been seemingly abandoned, probably since everything is
KDE4 now. Kubuntu-updates-testing has been abandoned too...

[Oceanwatcher]

Re: KDE 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu?

Thanks. I am hoping for real soon :-)

Just wondered about the pre-alpha part of the warning - is a release version of KDE considered pre-alpha Kubuntu?

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu?

is a release version of KDE considered pre-alpha Kubuntu?

I think, that it is: "Measure Twice, Cut Once" or "Look before you leap"

[Oceanwatcher]

Re: KDE 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu?

Wise words indeed :-)

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu?

> KDE 4.2.3 Update for Kubuntu 9.04

Submitted on Fri, 2009-05-08

KDE 4.2.3 has been released and packages are available for Kubuntu 9.04.

To install it add this line to your software sources.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Then refresh and do a full upgrade.

... and that PPA ( > Kubuntu Updates) is telling:

Description

Updates for Kubuntu releases which are due to go to Ubuntu Updates. Mostly KDE point releases.

[giupenni]

Re: KDE 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu?

Why not include iy in official (proposed o backports) repository?

giuseppe

[doctordruidphd]

Re: KDE 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu?

Submitted on Fri, 2009-05-08

KDE 4.2.3 has been released and packages are available for Kubuntu 9.04.

To install it add this line to your software sources.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Then refresh and do a full upgrade.

Hope this is not too redundant a question, but where is the gpg key?

Edit--
OK, I figured it out from a previous post.

When you add the repository, it will give an error message NOPUBKEY ####

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv ####
gpg --export --armor #### | sudo apt-key add -

And an even easier way from the link in the next post:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com ####

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu?

> Kubuntu Updates

This repository is signed with 1024R/8AC93F7A OpenPGP key. Follow these instructions for installing packages from this PPA.

Yes, it should be at the original announcement...

... and maybe it would be nice > GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net jaunty Release: The following signatures (page 3)

andrewsomething:

Another thing ppa owners can do is create a keyring package for their ppa that automatically adds their key to apt...

[Oceanwatcher]

Re: KDE 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu?

Just upgraded and the addressbook annoyance is gone. Feel like dancing! I now have my 1600+ addresses imported and things just WORK! And the sun is shining too - a good day indeed!

[giupenni]

Re: [SOLVED] 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu

If with KDE 4.2.3 I type sudo kate (or other) /xxx/xxx/xxx , X server crash ....

gp

[claydoh]

Re: [SOLVED] 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu

the proper way to open kate (or any GUI app) with sudo privileges is to use kdesudo in place of sudo:

kdesudo kate

[Oceanwatcher]

Re: [SOLVED] 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu

I have used a short version, kdesu, instead of kdesudo. It has worked fine for me at least :-) But probably safer to use kdesudo?

[Rog131]

Re: [SOLVED] 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu

> FAQ: Root Password >> GutsyGibbon/Tribe5/Kubuntu

KDE Sudo

KDE Sudo (kdesudo) is a graphical front end for sudo. This command/application is used when launching windowed applications with Root access. With Tribe 5, KDE Sudo replaces KDE Su (kdesu). The added benefit is that your password will be remembered for up to 15 minutes, or whatever you set sudo too.

With the JJ the kdesu is a link to the kdesudo:

ls -l /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2009-04-24 19:40 /usr/lib/kde4/libexec/kdesu -> ../../../bin/kdesudo

[claydoh]

Re: [SOLVED] 4.2.3 released, how long does it usually take to get it out in Kubuntu

well here on my jaunty and intrepid kdesu does not work in a terminal, as it is not on any normal $PATH, but does work with Krunner (alt-f2) I just found, so I stand slightly corrected