ALERT: KDElibs (at least) 4.8.4 is actually 4.8.80+

Alex Merry kde at randomguy3.me.uk
Sat Jun 9 21:56:54 BST 2012


On 09/06/12 21:53, Alex Merry wrote:
> On 09/06/12 14:30, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
>> personally, i think it is completely unnecessary and that we should all get 
>> used to it now because it could happen in future that Frameworks are released 
>> on a different release cycle to applications so that "kdelibs version == 
>> workspaces version" will get broken. already kdelibs version != apps version 
>> for many KDE applications, particularly many of the bigger ones like digikam, 
>> amarok, kdevelop, calligra, etc.
> 
> I think there's some confusion in this thread.  I don't think Modestas
> was complaining about the versions being out of sync, but about a patch
> release introducing regressions (and appearing to contain changes other
> than just bug fixes).

Ah, and I should clarify my own email, I think :-)

The core complaint was regressions/instability.  The "mispackaging" was
just a conclusion that Modestas jumped to about the cause of it.






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