On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 12:33 PM Troy Dawson <tdawson(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 7:32 AM Troy Dawson <tdawson(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 8:36 AM Troy Dawson <tdawson(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 7:29 AM Troy Dawson <tdawson(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm going to summarize. Hopefully I get correctly what people
have said.
> > > > Feel free to continue to comment and suggest.
> > > > At some point I'd like to put this on a EPEL KDE page for future
guidance.
> > > >
> > > > * Follow the KDE LTS branches as much as possible.
> > > > ** qt5
> > > > *** RHEL's version of qt packages will dictate this. If
RHEL's
> > > > versions change, adjust with them.
> > > > *** RHEL 8 qt5 is 5.11.1
> > > > **** There are about 10 packages that have to stay at 5.11 due to
> > > > RHEL's packages. The rest can get built with the current LTS,
5.12.x
> > > > ***
https://download.qt.io/official_releases/qt/5.12/
> > > > ** plasma
> > > > *** Follow the LTS stream that corresponds with our qt5
> > > > *** The plasma LTS stream that corresponds with qt 5.12 is plasma
5.18
> > > > **** plasma 5.18 will not be out until Feb. or March 2020.
> > > > **** Keep with our current version until them, which is 5.15
> > > > ***
https://download.kde.org/stable/plasma/
> > > > *** Update all plasma at one time, if possible
> > > > ** framework (kf5)
> > > > *** Use the stream that corresponds with our plasma
> > > > *** When plasma 5.18 comes out, that will be kf5 5.66
> > > > **** Keep with our current version until plasma is updated, which is
5.59
> > > > ***
https://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/
> > > > *** Update all kf5 at one time, if possible
> > > > ** KDE apps
> > > > *** Let the version be the decision of each app maintainer
> > > >
> > > > * For qt5, plasma and kf5, have a group be the maintainer.
> > > > * For apps, it depends on the app. Each app can be maintained by
> > > > either a group or individual.
> > > >
> > > > * module vs non-module
> > > > ** The above plan will all be for non-module kde components. This
is
> > > > what people get straight out of epel.
> > > > ** There will be at least one kde module.
> > > > *** Any epel kde modules will not be enabled by default. These are
> > > > only for people who want to test with a newer kde, or want to run
the
> > > > latest kde and don't mind breaking some compatibility.
> > > > *** There will be a kde-rawhide module.
> > > > **** The kde-rawhide module will track the fedora kde packages.
> > > > **** The module will be updated once a month, building whatever is
in
> > > > Fedora rawhide at that time.
> > > > *** There might be other kde modules, but none are currently
planned.
> > > >
> > > > As I said, this plan is open to suggestions and comments, but here
is
> > > > my plan of getting things going.
> > > > It's sorta logical that I be the person who at least starts
things,
> > > > even if we are going to maintain them as a group.
> > > > If nobody has any objections, on Monday, Dec. 16, I was planning on
> > > > starting building kde in standard epel, following the above
> > > > guidelines.
> > > > I would build the qt5, plasma and k5 packages, and open bugzilla
> > > > requests for all the rest.
> > > > For most everything, I will just be pulling over what is in
epel8-playground.
> > > > Hopefully we can get everything built, and in bodhi, by the end of
the
> > > > week. They can then sit and be tested while people are celebrating
> > > > the end of the year holidays. And hopefully, at the beginning of
the
> > > > new year, they will all be ready and in the epel8 repository.
> > > >
> > > > Troy
> > >
> > > Starting the builds for regular epel8.
> > > As stated above, we will stay with the versions that we currently have
> > > in playground.
> > > Many of the qt5 packages have already been built, thank you for that.
> > > Since those were built with the epel8-playground versions and patches,
> > > that will work just fine.
> > >
> > > Troy
> >
> > So, all the qt5, kf5, and plasma packages are done (except 2), along
> > with any kde libraries needed for those to build.
> > The count is: 194 built. about 140 not built.
> > Before I started out on filing 140 bugzilla's for packages to get into
> > epel8, I thought I'd step back a bit.
> > Although we don't expect epel8 KDE to be as feature complete as
> > Fedora, we do expect users to have a good general experience.
> > Since the installation of kde on epel8 is by using the comps groups, I
> > was thinking of dividing work by those.
> >
> > kde-desktop
> > This is the group people install if they want KDE.
> > I will add all the kde elements of this to my default list (with
> > qt5*, kf5* and plasma*).
> > All the non-kde elements I will open a bugzilla, if they aren't
> > already available.
> >
> > kde-apps
> > kde-media
> > Although these are optional, they are likely the main groups people install.
> > I will file bugzilla's for all of these not already built
> >
> > kde-education
> > kde-office
> > kde-software-development
> > kf5-software-development
> > These are all optional, and usually only installed based on the
> > users preference.
> > I will not file bugzilla's for the packages in these.
> > If people want them in epel8, feel free to build them and/or open
> > bugzilla's for them.
> >
> > Troy
>
> I'm so sorry for not updating my progress on this. I kept wanting to
> having everything ready, but then there was always just this one
> package that needed something. And now it's been over a month since I
> talked about the plan. So, here is the progress.
>
> kde-desktop
> - All main packages done.
> - One dependency package still in testing.[1] - karma would be appreciated
>
> kde-media
> - All done
>
> kde-apps
> - Everything built, in testing [2] - karma would be appreciated.
>
> kde-office
> - okular - Unless someone else already has, I'll be filing a bugzilla
> today for this.
> - Everything else ... if there is something in there you want, please
> file a bugzilla.
>
> kde-education
> kde-software-development
> kf5-software-development
> - If there are packages in there you want, please file bugzilla's for them.
>
> **** How to Install and/or Test
> 1 - ensure epel is installed, and enabled
> 2 - ensure codreadybuilder or PowerTools is enabled
> 3 - dnf --enablerepo=epel-testing group install kde-desktop
> 4 - (optional) dnf --enablerepo=epel-testing group install kde-media kde-apps
>
> Note: There are some packages that show up as "No match", these
> packages were not able to be built[3] due to missing rhel8 devel
> packages.[4]
> At some point this will get fixed, so I will leave them in the comps
> file. But there were also a few qt4 packages listed that I'll try to
> remove from the comps file.
>
> Thank you for your patience.
> Troy
>
> [1] -
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-e4b9339d23
> [2] -
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2020-00865efa86
> [3] -akregator
> dnfdragora
> kde-partitionmanager
> kaddressbook
> kget
> kmail
> korganizer
> kpat
> kontact
> pinentry-qt
> plasma-discover
> plasma-nm*
> [4] -
https://pagure.io/epel/issue/62
dnfdragora is currently blocked on a major bug in rpm that was
backported to RHEL 8:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1783346
Ya, and it's not really a "KDE" package, just in the group list.
I included it in the list because it shows up when you do the group install.
Troy