[RHEL] kde 4

[Rex Dieter]

On 12/29/2009 08:32 PM, Misc Things wrote:
> thank you for your input George and Rex,
>   i wonder what exactly was(is?) the problem with producing rpms for
> rhel? i see there are packages for suse and even for Mac...

To build kde4 for rhel5, one needs about a bazillion new dependencies, 
and it replaces the standard kde3-based desktop, so more potential 
breakage there.

So, building all the deps, and the whole kde4 core stack, plus all the 
good kde4-related applications to go with it... and end up replacing 
much of the qt/kde stack shipped with rhel5.

In short, the problem is that it's a *lot* of work (for questionable 
gain => a relatively small target audience).

-- Rex