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diff --git a/metadata/news/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal.en.txt b/metadata/news/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d07bca7b7f4e --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/news/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal/2017-01-15-kde-plasma-4-removal.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +Title: KDE Plasma 4 and KDE profile removal +Author: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org> +Content-Type: text/plain +Posted: 2017-01-08 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 1.0 +Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdebase-startkde +Display-If-Installed: kde-plasma/kdm +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/alpha/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/amd64/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv4/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv4t/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv5te/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv6j/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/arm/13.0/armv7a/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/m68k/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc32/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/32bit-userland/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/32bit-userland/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/powerpc/ppc64/13.0/64bit-userland/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sh/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/sparc/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/x86/13.0/desktop/kde/systemd + +KDE Plasma 4 has reached end of life in Portage. Upstream dropped support +in 2015-08-19, no security bugs have been fixed since then. It is therefore +required for all users to upgrade to KDE Plasma 5. + +KDM is being removed as well. Upstream recommends x11-misc/sddm instead which +is pulled in by plasma-meta by default. +OpenRC users edit /etc/conf.d/xdm and update DISPLAYMANAGER. +Systemd users run: systemctl reenable sddm.service + +Part of the cleanup will also be the KDE desktop profile, which is superseded +by the Plasma desktop profile. Please follow the detailed upgrade guide.[1] + +KDE Plasma 4.11 packages will be moved to kde-sunset overlay.[2] + +[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/KDE/Plasma_5_upgrade +[2] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Overlay:Kde-sunset |