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author: einar
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- KDE
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- openSUSE
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date: "2014-03-31T19:00:14Z"
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slug: being-current
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tags:
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- KDE
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- openSUSE
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- packages
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- releases
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title: Being Current
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---
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It is not news that openSUSE, through to the effort of the openSUSE community KDE team, offers [several third-party repositories](https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories) for those who want the latest software from KDE. Since a while, stable releases were offered in the KDE:Release:4x repositories, created with every major release of KDE software. These were meant to offer the latest and greatest to the users without having them to track KDE:Distro:Factory, which is instead used to track packaging for the next openSUSE release and is more in a state of flux.
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Then there are repositories which offer [additional applications outside the main openSUSE KDE desktop packages](https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories#Updated_applications_only), KDE:Extra (for stable releases) and KDE:Unstable:Extra (for development snapshots). In this case, they complement the already existing KDE repositories.
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Given the rapid pace of development from KDE, which switched to 4 month based releases, this setup has shown some limits: the KDE:Extra and KDE:Unstable:Extra repositories would need to be built against each of the KDE:Release:4x ones, draining a lot of the build power available to the [Open Build Service](http://build.opensuse.org), and also maintenance was problematic, due to the number of repositories involved and the limited manpower at disposal of the openSUSE community KDE team.
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This is why we're announcing a change today: effective with the 4.12.4 release from KDE, the KDE:Release:4x repositories will be retired, replaced by a single resource which tracks the latest stable release from KDE, [KDE:Current](https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:KDE_repositories#Current_KDE_SC_release). This approach will greatly reduce the number of repositories to track and ease maintenance a great deal. KDE:Extra and KDE:Unstable:Extra will also be adjusted to offer KDE:Latest as build targets (and removing KR4x as well), with the net effect of saving a lot of OBS build power.
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Of course, KDE:Current will include 4.13 packages once the official release is out.
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Therefore, if you are a user of KDE:Release:4x, be aware that from tomorrow (at the same time as the 4.12.4 release)the repository will _cease to exist _and you should move to KDE:Current.
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For questions and suggestions, feel free to drop by the #opensuse-kde channel on Freenode, or use the [openSUSE KDE mailing list](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-kde/).
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This post was brought to you by the bright (?) minds of the openSUSE community KDE team, with particular thanks to Raymond "tittiatcoke" Wooninck, who did most of the work
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P.S.: No, this is not an April Fools' joke. ;)
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