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On Friday 16 July 2010 15:15:06 Neil Williams wrote: > On Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:45:21 +0100 > > David Bell <grimpen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Friday 16 July 2010 07:38:16 Simon Waters wrote: > > > Six isn't far off, and is called Squeeze. It already has fewer release > > > critical bugs than the current stable release (Lenny), or did when I > > > last looked anyway. > > > > Will we still have the option of installing KDE3 in "Squeeze"? > > NO. > > If your apt sources specify 'stable', then your system will be upgraded > to KDE4 as soon as you do your first 'apt-get upgrade' after the > Squeeze release - or as soon as you try to install any new KDE utility. > There are no core KDE 3 applications in Squeeze and any third-party KDE > stuff needs to work with KDE4 or it will be removed before Squeeze is > released. (AFAICT this step has already been accomplished.) > > If you want to stay on KDE3 your only choice is Lenny (and changing > your apt sources to specify 'lenny') but be aware that as soon as > Squeeze is released, Lenny becomes oldstable and will disappear once > Debian starts the move to the release after Squeeze. (The first action > in preparing for a new Debian release is the removal of all packages > from oldstable - this has already been done for Squeeze, so there are > now no packages on the mirrors for Etch.) Thanks Neil, I found that more explicit than the Debian site. My sources specify "Lenny" and I'll stay with KDE 3 as long as is possible. -- W. Devon ----------- A GNU/Linux user -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq