On Friday 08 April 2005 11:33, Gustavo Seabra wrote: > On Apr 8, 2005 9:33 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, 2005-04-08 at 09:23 -0500, Gustavo Seabra wrote: > > > On Apr 8, 2005 8:01 AM, Arthur Pemberton <dalive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > >Actually, all you have to do is to add the kde-redhat repo to your > > > > > yum repos and then a simple 'yum update' should do it. > > > > > > > > I've always been curious as to what happens when if I yum KDE from > > > > the kde-redhat repos, what happens when it hits the fedora core > > > > repos? > > > > > > AFAIK, yum checks all (configured) repos, and chooses the latest > > > packages from whatever repo they are. In this case, 99.9% of the time > > > the kde-redhat will have more up-to-date packages than any other (for > > > KDE apckages, of course), so yum will updtae all to the newer > > > versions. > > > > > > I actually suggest anyone who likes KDE to configure the kde-redhat > > > repo and update the packages right after installing FC, to make sure > > > the KDE is up-to-date. > > > > ... and I would suggest anybody suggesting this to seriously ask > > yourselves why you really want and need to do this. > > > > "More recent" doesn't necessarily mean "better" nor "less bugs". Without > > actual reason/cause, hanging on to packages newer than current FC is > > basically be sense-free. > > > > Ralf > > I agree with you in most cases, but not in this one. FC developers are > obviously prejudiced against KDE. For example, they removed the option > to make KDE your default manager from the login screen (remeber that > in the beggining you could select KDE and then make it default > there?). Now, one has to learn about the switchdesk command, which is > not mentioned anywhere. The KDE updates take a looooooong time to > reach core repositories, and lots of KDE stuff are never made > available there. > > Compare this with the gnome situation, and you'll see that the FC > developers have a clear tendency towards gnome, and apparently no > interest whatsoever inmaking the life of KDE users easier. So, I still > recommend that "anyone who likes KDE to configure the kde-redhat > repo and update the packages right after installing FC, to make sure > the KDE is up-to-date." > > I would even make it bold if I could use html in this list :-) > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Gustavo Seabra Graduate Student > Chemistry Dept. Kansas State University > Registered Linux user number 381680 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > If at first you don't succeed... > ...skydiving is not for you. I use KDE and I would like to configue this KDE-Redhat repo you mention here but I don't know what this is or how to configure it.Can you please explain it to me?
