Update on the KDE KF5 build boondoggle

[Rick Stevens]

On 11/04/2015 10:10 AM, Mark Haney wrote:
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> On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu
> <mailto:rdieter at math.unl.edu>> wrote:
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>     > Can someone bring me up to speed on where we are with this?  I've got a
>     > dozen or so similar systems I would like to upgrade but am hesitant to do
>     > so until I get some idea of state of this issue.
>
>     Sorry about that. :(
>
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> No apologies necessary.  It happens.  I did not mean to sound upset or
> angry, I just want to make sure everything is copacetic before upgrading
> these systems.
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>     tracked here:
>     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1277850
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>     Issue is that
>     https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-084749eee7
>     that was supposed to be pushed stable a few days ago, didn't
>     actually make
>     it (for whatever reason).  It's being repushed now.
>
>     -- Rex
>
> So, I should be able to upgrade in the next few hours or so?

I'm going to chime in here...I wouldn't upgrade for a week or so at
least if you have that many systems to do. While many folk have
upgraded with no issues, some have had some awful issues. The F23 repos
are still in a state of flux (they're not fully synced yet), there have
been problems with nVidia driver incompatibility with the F23 version
of X, some issues with KDE desktop items not being pushed into release,
etc., etc.

We always seem to have these issues when a new release comes out. The
devel folk do a very good job of testing, but they only have access to
a limited assortment of hardware platforms. Some of the bug-a-boos don't
appear until it gets "into the wild."

Personally, I almost always wait at least two weeks. Sorry gang, but I
don't have the time to catch the spears on new releases and I kind of
rely on some of the others here to winnow out some of the really nasty
gotchas. For those that walk the minefield before me, I am eternally
grateful!

"I don't have to be faster than the bear--I only have to be faster than
YOU!"
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