Re: notice of rawhide doom: kde4 coming Dec 1-7

[Jeremy Katz <katzj redhat com>]

On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 09:00 +0900, John Summerfield wrote:
> Rex Dieter wrote:
> > John Summerfield wrote:
> >> Will it be possible to install these on F8 alongside the existing KDE,
> >> with the ability to choose which at login?
> > 
> > In short, no.  The kde3 and kde4 desktops (for the most part) are not
> > parallel-installable, so it's an either/or thing.
> > 
> > Having said that, the kde4 development platform (kdelibs4, kdepimlibs,
> > kdebase4) is already available for F-7/8 in order build and run kde4-based
> > applications.  We are also considering building some parts of kde4, like
> > kde4 versions of kdeedu and kdegames, for F-7/8 as well.
> 
> Looks like I'll have to find another box if I want to proceed. It's a 
> shame, we've been awaiting a new KDE for, well, years.

We are going to try to get a live image out with the packages pretty
soon after the packages land to make it easier for people to test
without blowing things away

Jeremy