[Bug 237943] New: incomplete sources incompatible versions build fails

[Jeff Barry]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=237943

           Summary: incomplete sources incompatible versions build fails
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: JeffBatHome at Speakeasy.net


Version:           latest kde 443 (using KDE 4.4.3)
Compiler:          cc (GCC) 4.3.3 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled From Sources

Hi,

Is is too much to ask that when you release a version of KDE that (1) you
include *ALL* of the sources needed for a complete build, (2) verify that those
sources are the proper versions, (3) that you verify that the build works on a
CLEAN machine which is not full of some developer's unknown versions of
God-knows-what components, and (4) that you follow your own, public build
instructions when verifying the build works?

I've been trying to build KDE 4.4.3 from scratch.  I downloaded the files you
specified and followed the various versions of HOW-TO-BUILD-KDE notes which can
be found under the KDE website.

This has been an exercise in total frustration.  The files you give for
building KDE are missing things all over the place, and when we go and get them
its a pure shot in the dark as to whether we'll get a compatible version.  I've
finally given up trying.

Components which should have been included in the 4.4.3 file set but which are
not: Qt-kde, soprano, phonon, attica, akonadi, and probably others which I
didn't get to yet.  I had to dig sources out of other places like kdesupport/
and other websites.  Why is kdesupport not part of the advertised set of
downloads, for example?

Developers sometimes forget that not everyone is a developer.  There ARE people
like me out here who want to use your product but do not have years of
experience working with your product, so we neither know the tricks nor know
who to contact for new tricks.

Having just one person verify the files, versions, instructions, and the build
BEFORE you release would save countless hours for people all over the world who
are trying to use your product.

Jeff Barry

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