On Thu, 28 Jul 2011, 12:05:39 SAST, Marc Deop <damnshock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thursday 28 July 2011 01:26:01 Andrea Scarpino wrote: > > Hi arKers, > > KDE 4.7 has been released[1] and our packages are ready in [testing]. > > > > As you already know KDE is (slowly) moving to GIT. With this > > transition some KDE module has been splitted into subprojects, and the > > remaining modules should be splitted before KDE 4.8. > > The result of this is that some package (e.g. kdegraphics-libs) is now > > splitted in several packages and each new package conflicts with the > > old kdegraphics-libs, so you have to remove it when pacman asks for > > its removal during the update. > > > > Here some info about the splitted modules: > > - KDE Workspace: wallpapers are now in a separate package named > > kde-wallpapers, this reduced the kdebase-workspace package download > > size by 70%. > > - KDE Graphics: kdegraphics-libs is now splitted in > > kdegraphics-ksaneplugin, kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer, > > kdegraphics-svgpart, kdegraphics-thumbnailers, libkdcraw, libkexiv2, > > libkipi, libksane. Our official packages which depends on > > kdegraphics-libs have been updated to depend on the new libraries; the > > upgrade should work without any issue, otherwise please report it to > > our bug tracker. > > - KDE Edu: kdeedu-libkdeedu and kdeedu-data have been dropped and > > libkdeedu will replace them. > > - KDE Bindings: every subproject has been splitted in two parts: one > > for the qt bindings and one for the KDE bindings. The old packages > > have been remove and the new one are: kdebindings-kimono, > > kdebindings-kross-java, kdebindings-kross-python, > > kdebindings-korundum, kdebindings-perlkde, kdebindings-perlqt, > > kdebindings-qtruby, kdebindings-qyoto, kdebindings-smokegen, > > kdebindings-smokekde, kdebindings-smokeqt. > > - KDE Accessibility: kdeaccessibility-colorschemes and > > kdeaccessibility-iconthemes are dropped and replaced. > > > > Have a nice update! > > > > [1] http://kde.org/announcements/4.7/ > > > > > > Hi Andrea, > > I just wanted to thank you for the work you do with the KDE packages in > Archlinux :) > Thanks again for the great work! Hugely +1! Very much appreciated. Thanks. > > Regards, > > Marc Deop i Argemí
