Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

[MoonRise]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Thanks Rog! I'll look into that.

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Release Candidate


Release Info

> Karmic RC is released

> Karmic Koala Technical Overview

> Karmic Koala RC Kubuntu

...
Karmic Koala, the next version of Kubuntu, is due to be released on October 29, 2009
...
NOTE: This is the Release Candidate. Though it is a close preview of what the 9.10 will be, it is still a pre-release version. As such, it's use is NOT encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or for anyone not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent, breakage...

> Kubuntu Kde3 Karmic

...
A semi-official remix of Karmic Koala has been created with only KDE3.5 installed, for the convenience of users who are not quite ready to take the jump to KDE4.x.
...
This remix follows Kubuntu's release schedule, slightly delayed. Currently the RC Karmic 9.10 version is being generated, and will be available for download from:...

Advices

> The usual WARNINGS and CAVEATS about using development versions
> Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate - Please Read Before Testing


Bugs

> Reporting Bugs (Kubuntu)
> Reporting Bugs (Ubuntu)
> How to create useful crash reports
> Apport - Automatic crash reports

[Nohtanhoj]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Great stuff. Newer Linux user here and it's great to see that Linux development is flying ahead, regardless of user base. I'm definitely getting involved when my Linux-literacy starts increasing.

I'll probably be waiting until a stable Karmic K is release before changing over, simply because I spent a week messing around in CLI just to get a stable version of Jaunty J running. =D =D

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

FINAL


> Kubuntu 9.10 is released


Release notes

> Karmic Koala Final Kubuntu

> Karmic Koala Release Notes

These release notes document known issues with Ubuntu 9.10 and its variants.

> Karmic Koala Final Kubuntu Download


> Kubuntu Kde3 Karmic Remix


Documentation / How to's / FAQ's

> HOWTO find Kubuntu's manual / reference / guide / documentation / help
> GRUB 2: A Guide for Users
> HOW TO: GRUB Methods - Toolkit
> Top 20 Kubuntu FAQs & Answers
> Plasma FAQ


Should I Stay or Should I Upgrade

> Topic: kubuntu 9.04 w/kde 4.3.2 or Karmic 9.10 when it comes out?
> Topic: IMPORTANT suggestion for new users, don't rush the upgrade to Karmic.


Few topics from the Forums

> Topic: Nepomuk&Strigi, enable and use
> Topic: Strigi
> Topic: ctrl-alt-backspace (again)
> Topic: blank cd's not mounting
> Topic: Device Notifier Problems with KDE 4.xxx
> libstdc++5 removed from karmic?
> Topic: kuickshow library missing
> Frequent "hard-lockups"?
> [SOLVED] Ubuntu Karmic vs. ATI Radeon Mobility 9600
> Search


It's Up to You
(Experimentation/Customization)

> Revert from grub2 to legacy grub - not a tutorial!
> Topic: Amarok 2.2 and the Equalizer
> Topic: KDE 3.5 Applications with the Kubutu 9.10
> Synaptic and the Kubuntu
> Search


Upgrades
it is not a final - there will be continous flow of fixes and updates (backports&PPA)

> Kubuntu Updates Policy

> KDE 4.3 Release Schedule

November 3rd, 2009: Release KDE 4.3.3

Next release

> Topic: Lucid Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.4

> Topic: Lucid Lynx 10.04

> Lucid Release Schedule

November 5th Toolchain Conservatively Uploaded
...
April 29th FinalRelease

> KDE 4.4 Release Schedule

December 1st, 2009: Release KDE 4.4 Beta 1
...
February 9th, 2010: Release KDE 4.4

> Topic: The Kubuntu Future - Project Timelord

[Guest]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Yesss!

http://www.kubuntu.org/

A BIG Thank You everybody!

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

"Old News"

> KDE 4.3.3 Release Announcement

> KDE 4.3.3 Changelog


> KDE 4.3.3 Available (for the Kubuntu 9.10)


Info:
> FAQ: Repositories
> Using the PPA repositories


An example


1) Adding the Kubuntu PPA Backports:

Browsing to the > Kubuntu PPA Backports. Reading the information.

Konsole:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports

Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv E4DFEC907DEDA4B8A670E8042836CB0A8AC93F7A
gpg: requesting key 8AC93F7A from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 8AC93F7A: public key "Launchpad Kubuntu Updates" imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)

2) Check/Test

Check #1:

ls -l /etc/apt/sources.list.d

...
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 70 2009-11-04 21:09 kubuntu-ppa-backports-karmic.list
...

Check #2:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubuntu-ppa-backports-karmic.list

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

Check #3:
Updating the package database:

sudo apt-get update

Now there should be new packages (KDE 4.3.3):

apt-cache show kdebase

Package: kdebase
Source: kdebase
Priority: optional
Section: kde
...
Filename: pool/main/k/kdebase/kdebase_4.3.3-0ubuntu1~ppa1_all.deb
...

=> The PPA repository is added and ready to use


3) Upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be upgraded:
akregator amarok amarok-common amarok-utils ark...
...
159 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 131MB of archives.
After this operation, 7,016kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?...

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

KDE 4.3.4


> KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4 Release Announcement

> KDE 4.3.4 Changelog


> KDE Software Compilation 4.3.4 Available

KDE SC 4.3.4 has been released.
Users of our new 9.10 release can install it from the Kubuntu Updates PPA.

Example:

> Kubuntu Updates

PPA description

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


Adding this PPA to your system

You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa to your system's Software Sources.

Konsole:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa

Executing: gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv E4DFEC907DEDA4B8A670E8042836CB0A8AC93F7A
gpg: requesting key 8AC93F7A from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: key 8AC93F7A: public key "Launchpad Kubuntu Updates" imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ureadahead
The following packages will be upgraded:
akregator ark bangarang cervisia cvsservice dragonplayer gwenview juk kaddressbook kamera kappfinder kapptemplate kate kbugbuster kcachegrind kcalc kcharselect kcron kde-icons-oxygen kde-l10n-engb kde-window-manager kde-zeroconf kdeadmin kdebase-bin kdebase-data...

162 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 117MB of archives.
After this operation, 5,370kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?...

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Why isn't KDE 4.3.3/4.3.4 in the -updates


A thread from the > Kubuntu-devel

> Updates, upgrades, and PPA's, oh my....
>> Updates, upgrades, and PPA's, oh my....

Scott Kitterman
Sat Dec 12 22:52:17 GMT 2009

...

Both 4.3.3 and 4.3.4 have upstream regressions. While they may, overall,
be better, we promise -updates will be regression free. Based on the
experience so far, these are not suitable for regular updates.

Scott K

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Will there be KDE 4.3.5

> kde-release-team ( > release-team mailing list)
>> 4.3.5 ?

From: Allen Winter
Date: 2009-12-21 23:20:44


Howdy,

I think we should have a 4.3.5 release, and this should
be the final release in the 4.3 series.

thoughts?...

[MoonRise]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Interesting read....Thanks!

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

KDE 4.3.4 for Karmic Backports (?)


> Kubuntu-devel >> KDE 4.3.4 for Karmic Backports:

Scott Kitterman
Sat Jan 2 17:51:58 GMT 2010

It looks to me like it's unlikely we'll get Tech Board approval any time soon
to put 4.3.4 in karmic-updates (and there are a few regressions to deal with
too), so unless someone objects, I plan on moving 4.3.4 to karmic-backports
and then removing it from the PPA (with an announcement on kubuntu.org like I
did when I moved 4.2.4).

Scott K

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

KDE 4.3.4 (Unsupported updates)


Kubuntu announcement > KDE SC 4.3.4 moved from PPA to karmic-backports


> Bug #497724: Please update KDE to 4.3.4 on Kubuntu 9.10

2010-01-04

Changed in karmic-backports:
status: In Progress → Fix Released

> FAQ: Repositories >> Ubuntu Backports (Unsupported updates)


K > System > Sofware Management (KPackageKit) > Settings > Edit Sotware Sources
or
K > System Settings > Add and Remove Software > Settings > Edit Sotware Sources
or
Alt+F2 and "kdesudo software-properties-kde"

Updates tab > Unsupported updates

[MoonRise]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

So you must enable "Unsupported Updates" to continue to get security fixes for 4.3.4?

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

So you must enable "Unsupported Updates" to continue to get security fixes for 4.3.4?

Well > KDE SC 4.3.4 moved from PPA to karmic-backports:

...will be removed from the PPA shortly...There are security fixes included in karmic-backports
that were not in the PPA packages...

...and if you don't want to upgrade other packages from the backports (> Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3):

sudo apt-get install -s `apt-show-versions -u | grep 4.3.2 | cut -d ' ' -f 1`

-> Install (upgrade) packages that are upgradeable and have version number 4.3.2. (or whatever version)


Here it (simulation, that -s option) is telling:

Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic1 (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for akregator
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic1 (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for ark
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic1 (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for cervisia
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic1 (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for cvsservice
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for dragonplayer
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic1 (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for gwenview
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for juk
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic1 (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for kaddressbook
...
Selected version 4:4.3.3-0ubuntu1~+karmic1 (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for libknotificationitem1
...
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic1 (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for systemsettings
Selected version 4:4.3.4-0ubuntu1~karmic1 (Ubuntu:9.10/karmic-backports) for umbrello
158 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.

[Rog131]

Re: Karmic Release Schedule, Plans, KDE 4.3

Will there be KDE 4.3.5 (II) - Yes

> kde-release-team ( > release-team mailing list)
>> 4.3.5 ?

List: kde-release-team
Subject: Re: 4.3.5?
From: Allen Winter

...
I just added the following to the 4.3 release schedule page on techbase [1]

January 21st, 2010: Tag KDE 4.3.5
January 28th, 2010: Release KDE 4.3.5

Dirk, can you also send out an email telling people that this will happen
and that 4.3 branch is officially "done" after 21 Jan?

[1]
http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KD...lease_Schedule