KDE 4.2 (beta)

[Rog131]

> Kubuntu Meeting Minutes 2008-11-18

= 4.2 Beta1
* Tarballs to be available soon
* JontheEchidna will be in charge of the packaging efforts, 2nd review and
sponsorship provided by apachelogger
* Packages will be published to Jaunty and the kubuntu-experimental PPA
* Also see last meeting for package locations
(in short: 4.1.x => intrepid-updates && pre-4.2.0 => kubuntu-experimental
4.2.x => intrepid-backports or kubuntu-members-kde4)

> Topic: Jaunty Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.2

[lmilano]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

Uou! KDE 4.2 will be backported to Intrepid, eventually? (I know, the backports are unsupported). These guys are awesome!

[SoftVision]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

Wow I didn't expect a backport if this is true. Kudos to the devs!

[Justin Trouble]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

I'm eagerly awaiting KDE 4.2 beta hitting the PPA! (and that's an understatement)

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

> KDE 4.2-Beta1 Release Announcement

KDE 4.2-Beta1 Provides First Glance at Upcoming User Experience

KDE Commmunity Ships First Beta Release of KDE 4.2.0, Inviting Community to Test and Report Bugs.

November 26, 2008. The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of "Caterpillar", (a.k.a KDE 4.2.0 Beta1), the first testing release of the new KDE 4.2 desktop. Caterpillar is aimed at testers and reviewers. It should provide a solid ground to report bugs that need to be tackled before KDE 4.2.0 becomes final. Reviewers can use this release to get a first glance at the upcoming KDE 4.2 desktop which provides significant improvements of all aspects of a modern desktops.
With 885 bugs closed in the past 7 days, the KDE community is now in bugfixing mode in order to provide a smooth KDE 4.2.0 to end users in January...

[Justin Trouble]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

> KDE Commmunity Ships First Beta Release of KDE 4.2.0, Inviting Community to Test and Report Bugs.

W00t! Yay!

Though the announcement appears not to be officially published yet and it still refers to 4.1 beta in places...

EMBARGO: DO NOT PUBLISH

...but it does show they're on the way to releasing it!

November the 25th came and went and though I kept checking all day for signs of a release, I went to bed feeling lonely and distraught.

Thanks Rog131 for the sneak preview ;-)

Update: It's now offically released!

[Rog131]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

KDE 4.2 Beta 1 - any news?

Jonathan Riddell Mon Dec 1 13:50:19 GMT 2008

On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 02:02:16PM +0100, Herv?? Fache wrote:
> Dear devs,
>
> There is no mention of KDE 4.2 Beta 1 on the Kubuntu.org website.
> Also, I was under the impression that packages for 8.10 would become
> available.
>
> Should I conclude that creating such packages is a challenge and that
> you're blocking the website update until such packages are available?
>
> Could you confirm/infirm whether such packages _will_ become available
> for 8.10? I am waiting for a number of regression corrections,
> especially in Kate and Gwenview (bugs reported)...

We're a bit short of packaging ninjas this week so it's been late in
getting done.

Packages are being uploaded to Jaunty starting today and will be
backported to 8.10 over the next couple of days.

Jonathan

[Justin Trouble]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

KDE 4.2 Beta 1 - any news?

Thanks again Rog131! And Jonathan too!

It seems everyone is pretty eager and quite impatient to start using this release of 4.2 (though it's still beta quality - I'm one of them), but we should remember the Kubuntu devs are humans too

[lmilano]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

Guys:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...;num_replies=7
8)

[Justin Trouble]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

Guys:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...;num_replies=7
8)

That links to a reply on this very same thread

[Qqmike]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-2-beta-1.html
evening reading

[MoonRise]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

Nice reading every one! That really makes me want 4.2!

[lmilano]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

Guys:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...;num_replies=7
8)

That links to a reply on this very same thread

Arrg, thanks Justin! I meant to link to the kde 4.2 nightly builds (Project Neon) thread:
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3099334.0

In short, we can all play with KDE 4.2 side buy side with the official 4.1


Cheers!

[vista killer]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

I have upgrade tou kde 4.2 beta 1. Too many bug too many crashes. Plasmoid crash every time i logged in, dolphin crash when i choose to show hidden files and too many other problems...

[lmilano]

Re: KDE 4.2 (beta)

I have upgrade tou kde 4.2 beta 1. Too many bug too many crashes. Plasmoid crash every time i logged in, dolphin crash when i choose to show hidden files and too many other problems...

Well, yes, it is a bit too early to upgrade to it. It is expected to have issues. I really think it's best at this point to play with it in a sandbox, see my previous post on this thread