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author Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2017-12-23 00:03:02 +0100
committer Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com>2017-12-23 00:03:02 +0100
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Release of KDE 5_17.12 for SlackwareKDE-5_17.125_17.12
- PKGLIST updated with the list of available packages in this release (limited to slackware-current). - README updated. - README.testing added for 'testing' repository.
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-rw-r--r--README.5_17.12_testing (renamed from README.5_17.11_testing)24
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/README.5_17.11_testing b/README.5_17.12_testing
index 883139c..a819901 100644
--- a/README.5_17.11_testing
+++ b/README.5_17.12_testing
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
KDE5
====
-Here is KDE 5_17.11_testing for Slackware, consisting of the
-KDE Frameworks 5.40.0, Plasma 5.11.3 and Applications 17.08.3
-on top of Qt 5.9.2.
+Here is KDE 5_17.12_testing for Slackware, consisting of the
+KDE Frameworks 5.41.0, Plasma 5.11.4 and Applications 17.12.0
+on top of Qt 5.9.3.
-Upgrading from 5_17.10 or even 5_17.11 should be straight-forward.
-KDE-5_17.11_testing is meant to be installed on top of slackware -current.
-It is different from the 'regular' KDE_5.17.11 release in the sense that this
+Upgrading from 5_17.11_testing is not so straight-forward, however
+it'll be easier if you already have 5_17.12 installed.
+
+KDE-5_17.12_testing is meant to be installed on top of slackware -current.
+It is different from the 'regular' KDE_5.17.12 release in the sense that this
'testing' release has a working Wayland support for Plasma5 on Slackware.
To this purpose, the original Slackware packages 'mesa' and xorg-server'
were recompiled to add Wayland support. Having to provide altered packages
@@ -43,23 +45,23 @@ the KWin developers then added CK2 as an alternative in case systemd-logind
is not present on the system.
Which means, we do not need PAM nor systemd to make Wayland work on Slackware.
-The differences between 'KDE-5_17.11' and 'KDE-5_17.11_testing':
+The differences between 'KDE-5_17.12' and 'KDE-5_17.12_testing':
Added packages:
Deps:
- wayland-protocols
- mesa (recompiled Slackware package to add wayland support)
- xorg-server (recompiled Slackware package to add wayland support)
- - ConsoleKit2 (updated the Slackware package to 1.2.0 to get the new
+ - ConsoleKit2 (updated the Slackware package to 1.2.x to get the new
logind DBus API support)
-Recompiled packages (in build order:
+Recompiled packages (in build order):
Deps:
- libxkbcommon
- qt5
Frameworks:
- kwayland
- plasma-framework
- Plasma;
+ Plasma:
- kinfocenter
- kscreenlocker
- kwayland-integration
@@ -83,4 +85,4 @@ Wayland working on Slackware. Otherwise, the 'latest' release is what
you need.
==============================================================================
- Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 19-nov-2017
+ Eric Hameleers / alien at slackware dot com / 22-dec-2017