kde3/kde4 co-installability again

[Allen Winter]

On Friday 23 November 2007 15:23:51 Allen Winter wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
Forgot these too:
kde4automoc
kde4-config
kde4-menu
kdeinit4_shutdown
kdeinit4_wrapper
kwin4proc