kde3/kde4 co-installability again

[Allen Winter]

On Friday 23 November 2007 15:07:47 Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> [cross-post to kde-packager. please reply to kde-core-devel.]
> 
> moin,
> 
> as a result of the kdesu discussion, i stumbled over a tiny detail: we
> still have some conflicts
> 
> in runtime:
> - kdesu (of course ...)
> - k{read,write}config
> - kstart
> - ktrash
> - ksvgtopng
> - kinfocenter
> - khelpcenter
> - kdebugdialog
> 
> in kdelibs:
> - checkXML
> - preparetips
> 
> thiago postulates, that this does not matter:
> - installs from source need to use separate prefixes anyway. that was
>   planned from the start, as otherwise we wouldn't have consciously
>   accepted conflicts between build tools like kconfig_compiler in
>   kdelibs.
> - packaged installs can use a distro's alternatives system to use the
>   newer version.
>   
> i tend to agree. of course the second point assumes that the new version
> is backwards compatible in every regard. so the primary purpose of this
> mail would be reassuring that a) this analysis is correct and packagers
> do agree and b) the conflicting apps are indeed drop-in replacements.
> 
> 
> on a more or less related note, i'm wondering why kdialog is in apps? it
> sure can be considered a runtime requirement for 3rd party scripts?
> 
And I agree too.  Should any of the following have the '4' removed from their name?
kbuildsycoca4
kcmshell4
kcookiejar4
kded4
kdeinit4
kdostartupconfig4
kfile4
khotnewstuff4
knotify4
kshell4
kstartupconfig4
kwrapper4
meinproc4