Hi all!
Just wanted to post my impression of exegnu-jessv-20141125.iso:
Everything works as expected - again very good work :-)
The only problem I had was that grub did not want to boot if the root-partition is ext4. ext3 works fine, as expected.
Nik
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All,
This is a friendly reminder that the merge window for TDE R14 RC2 ends
tomorrow (11/26/2014) at midnight CST (06:00 GMT). Please commit any
outstanding patches that should be part of R14 RC2 before this date.
There will only be one more limited merge window before R14 release, so
please get those patches in!
Thanks!
Tim
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All,
I noticed today that tdegraphics depends on kmrml-trinity. Is the dependency strictly required or can we remove it and
instead add a "suggestion" for kmrml-trinity in tdegraphics?
The reason for asking is that kmrml-trinity installs a control module in "system administration" that comes up with a
"Cannot find executables gift and/or gift-add-collection.pl in the PATH. Please install the GNU Image Finding Tool"
error message is GnuIFT is not installed. I do not use Gift and do no see any need to use it, and the same is true for
the associated control module. So I would like to be able to remove the package, but do not want to sacrifice
tdegraphics for that.
Comments are welcomed. I can take care of the changes if you agree.
Cheers
Michele
When searching I receive the following message:
Error: Failed to load KinoSearch modules.
In particular, I want to know what kind of support tdepim has for syncing with owncloud.
Darrell
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R14 RC1 is finally out the door!
http://trinity-announce.pearsoncomputing.net/?0::30
This means the merge window for R14 RC2 is now OPEN. Please commit any
outstanding patches at this time.
This merge window will close 11/26/2014 to allow for R14 RC2 build and
release. Please concentrate all efforts on the unresolved bugs blocking
Bug 2014.
Thanks!
Tim
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You almost certainly don't need to read this.
I'm posting this here for the record in case someone
wants to check TDE for circular dependencies in future.
Bugs have been filed for all circular dependencies
found in a standard --with-recommendations TDE R14 RC1
Wheezy install.
(1) Why check for circular dependencies
Although apt and dpkg do their best to handle any circular
dependencies they encounter, circular dependencies can cause
problems and a generally discouraged.
(2) How to get rid of circular dependencies
Usually one finds the least important dependency in the circle
and changes it to a recommendation.
If you're dealing with a maze rather than a circle you may
to have convert several dependencies.
(3) tsort non-method
I first thought of using tsort on the dependencies listed
in Packages.gz. However versioned dependencies, provides,
conflicts, etc make this impractical.
(4) Recommended elegant automatic method
foreach PACKAGE in TRINITY {
start with a minimal (non-TDE) base system
install PACKAGE and all its dependencies
remove just PACKAGE
}
There should be no errors installing or removing.
However this method is somewhat time consuming even if
you arrange it to use snapshots in a chroot so you can
quickly revert to your minimal base system.
(5) Grungy manual method
Due to time constraints I used the following method for
TDE R14 RC1.
start with a non-TDE base system
let TARGET be a list of all installed packages
apt-get --install-recommends install desktop-base-trinity kde-trinity
while (true) {
let CURRENT be a list of all installed packages
let REMOVE be TARGET (join -v) CURRENT
let BUSY = false
do {
foreach PACKAGE in REMOVE {
Try to remove PACKAGE, if successful set BUSY = true
}
while (BUSY);
break if only TARGET packages are installed
manually figure out why no remaining package is removable
note and remove any set of co-dependent packages
}
This is overall a lot faster than the automatic method but
it requires more manual work. The first time the removals
stalled there were 76 packages still awaiting removal and
you then have to look through these to find the loops.
(6) Loops found in Wheezy TDE R14 RC1
(a) Bug #2194
kcontrol-trinity
konqueror-nsplugins-trinity
konqueror-trinity
konsole-trinitytdebase-trinity
ksmserver-trinity
tdebase-runtime-data-common-trinity
(b) Bug #2197
libkcal2b-trinity
libtdepim1a-trinity
(c) Pre-existing Debian Bug #626319
gnuift
gnuift-perl
Alexandre, E.,
would it be possible for you to create a slightly modified version of the KSplash default theme with "rounded" corners?
I would like to compare a "rounded square" and a "full" square and see which one looks better. I think a rounded
splashscreen may look a little better at login.
The file to modify are in tdebase/ksplashml/pics/themes/default, probably only splash_top.png and splash_bottom.png
Thanks
Michele
Tim, Slavek,
while working on bug 1850, I noticed that in tdebase/kcontrol there is an "accessibility" folder that is not used at all
(not even built). By the content of it, it is either an older version or a temporary development version of the "access"
folder, which is the KControl module for Regional & Accessibility --> Accessibility.
Removing the folder does not cause any build problem, but before doing that I thought I would ask in case any of you had
more information about it.
If there are no objections, I will proceed to remove it.
Cheers
Michele