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New Slackware version

Started byEef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com>
First post2015-08-22 11:41 +0000
Last post2016-01-13 19:34 +0000
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  New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2015-08-22 11:41 +0000
    Re: New Slackware version Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2015-08-23 03:57 +0000
      Re: New Slackware version Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-23 09:49 -0400
        Re: New Slackware version Doug713705 <doug.letough@free.fr> - 2015-08-24 18:30 +0200
          Re: New Slackware version noel <deletethis@invalin.lan> - 2015-08-25 09:51 +1000
            Re: New Slackware version "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <rinaldi@notaserver.com> - 2015-08-24 21:50 -0500
              Re: New Slackware version Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-25 11:27 -0400
              Re: New Slackware version noel <deletethis@invalin.lan> - 2015-08-26 11:10 +1000
                Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 09:35 +0000
            Re: New Slackware version "Mr. Mxyztplk" <user@foobar.com.invalid> - 2015-09-04 17:19 +0000
        Re: New Slackware version Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> - 2015-08-28 03:26 +0000
          Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2015-12-29 11:07 +0000
            Re: New Slackware version "Cpt (aka Cor Takken)" <cpt@cpt1.nospampleasedemon.nl> - 2015-12-29 16:38 +0100
              Re: New Slackware version John McCue <jmccue@jmclin0.bstnma.east.verizon.net> - 2015-12-29 19:58 +0000
              Re: New Slackware version Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-12-29 15:05 -0500
                Re: New Slackware version "Cpt (aka Cor Takken)" <cpt@cpt1.nospampleasedemon.nl> - 2015-12-30 09:47 +0100
            Re: New Slackware version King Beowulf <kingbeowulf@nomail.com> - 2016-01-01 19:08 +0000
              Re: New Slackware version andrew <andrew@skamandros.invalid> - 2016-01-01 21:50 +0000
                Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2016-01-01 22:26 +0000
                  Re: New Slackware version Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-01-01 23:43 -0500
                    Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2016-01-02 07:14 +0000
                      Re: New Slackware version Peter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk> - 2016-01-02 12:50 +0000
            Re: New Slackware version Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 09:39 +0000
              Re: New Slackware version noel <deletethis@invalin.lan> - 2016-01-13 23:41 +1000
                Re: New Slackware version Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2016-01-13 19:34 +0000

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#26050

FromEef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-02 07:14 +0000
Message-ID<568778cc$0$23864$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>
In reply to#26049
Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> wrote:
> I thought a "major" Slackware release depended on some specific major 
> parts hitting a major release.

Or, i.e. he will be updating to QT 5/KDE Plasma 5 (etc) for 15.0
(-current still has QT 4.8.7/KDE 4.14.3).

That IS a major upgrade just in itself.

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#26051

FromPeter Chant <pete@petezilla.co.uk>
Date2016-01-02 12:50 +0000
Message-ID<amtklcxa25.ln2@phoenix.vfire>
In reply to#26050
On 01/02/2016 07:14 AM, Eef Hartman wrote:

> Or, i.e. he will be updating to QT 5/KDE Plasma 5 (etc) for 15.0
> (-current still has QT 4.8.7/KDE 4.14.3).
> 
> That IS a major upgrade just in itself.
> 

Perhaps 14.2 as the last KDE 4.x distro fairly rapidly followed by 15.0
with the QT5/KDE Plasma 5?  That would not be a bad idea provided we
were warned.  If that were to happen changelog would probally be the
place to look.


Pete

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#26102

FromEef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com>
Date2016-01-13 09:39 +0000
Message-ID<56961b48$0$23758$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>
In reply to#26037
Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> wrote:
> And now we _really_ seem to be close to the next release, Pat just
> released the new version of "a/aaa_base-14.2", so with a 14.2 version
> number, with as comment:
>> Bumped version to 14.2
> so I'm now expecting Slackware 14.2 within a few weeks.

The newest set of updates in -current confirm my guess:
> Best of all, we're finally a modern, relevant Linux distro!  ;-)
> Thanks to Mario Preksavec, Heinz Wiesinger, and Robby Workman for
> a lot of help and testing.
> Bug reports, complaints, and threats can go to me.
> Also, enjoy a shiny new LTS 4.4.0 kernel and consider this
> 14.2 beta 1.

So it _is_ an official BETA now for the new Slackware 14.2 release.

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#26106

Fromnoel <deletethis@invalin.lan>
Date2016-01-13 23:41 +1000
Message-ID<56965408$1@news.ausics.net>
In reply to#26102
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 09:39:20 +0000, Eef Hartman wrote:

> Eef Hartman <E.J.M.Hartman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> And now we _really_ seem to be close to the next release, Pat just
>> released the new version of "a/aaa_base-14.2", so with a 14.2 version
>> number, with as comment:
>>> Bumped version to 14.2
>> so I'm now expecting Slackware 14.2 within a few weeks.
> 
> The newest set of updates in -current confirm my guess:
>> Best of all, we're finally a modern, relevant Linux distro!  ;-) Thanks
>> to Mario Preksavec, Heinz Wiesinger, and Robby Workman for a lot of
>> help and testing.
>> Bug reports, complaints, and threats can go to me.
>> Also, enjoy a shiny new LTS 4.4.0 kernel and consider this 14.2 beta 1.
> 
> So it _is_ an official BETA now for the new Slackware 14.2 release.

yes, and sadly, as Eric tweeted many hours ago, that shithole POS 
resource hog that takes over everything "pulse audio" is now included :(
I wont be in any hurry to update desktops, servers yes, desktops NO.

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#26109

FromHenrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com>
Date2016-01-13 19:34 +0000
Message-ID<n768rs$gsf$1@dont-email.me>
In reply to#26106
On Wed, 13 Jan 2016 23:41:28 +1000, noel wrote:
> yes, and sadly, as Eric tweeted many hours ago, that shithole POS
> resource hog that takes over everything "pulse audio" is now included :(

From the changelog:

-8<-------------------
Wed Jan 13 00:01:23 UTC 2016
Hey folks, happy new year!
After upgrading to BlueZ 5 recently, everything seemed to be working 
great, but then it was pointed out that Bluetooth audio was no longer 
working. The reason was that the newer BlueZ branch had dropped ALSA 
support and now required PulseAudio. So with some trepidation, we began 
investigating adding PulseAudio to Slackware. Going back to BlueZ 4 
wasn't an option with various dependent projects either having dropped 
support for it, or considering doing so. After several iterations here 
refining the foundation packages and recompiling and tweaking other 
packages to use PulseAudio, it's working well and you'll likely not 
notice much of a change. But if you're using Bluetooth audio, or needing 
to direct audio through HDMI, you'll probably find it a lot easier to 
accomplish that.
Best of all, we're finally a modern, relevant Linux distro! ;-)
-8<-------------------

regards Henrik
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