Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto

I've just bumped media-sound/amarok in the tree to 2.2.1-r1 which includes some missing deps.
Even though 2.2.1 hit the tree before the official release, I'm a few days behind in the bump and unmasking it - the mask should be out when you read this.
Unfortunately, amarok-2.2.0 and amarok-2.2.1 segfault on start when built with >=binutils-2.20 even though they have no issue starting with >=binutils-2.20 if built with a previous version of binutils - see bug #290662 for more details.
While the issue isn't solved, here is a quick workaround:

# emerge -1 =binutils-2.19.1-r1 && emerge -1 amarok && emerge -1 binutils

This is a quick note for anyone using compiz, that x11-wm/compiz-0.7.8-r3 will allow KDE-4.3.0 and that the KDE use flags were updated now that KDE-4 has become the "default" KDE version and that 3.5 is approaching its final days.
As such, the kde use flag will add support for KDE-4.X and the kde3 use flag will add support for KDE-3.5. So be sure to check your use flags for compiz.
I plan to move compiz-0.7.8-r3 from the overlay to the tree in a few hours.

Following my attempts to deal with bug 259715, I broke libcompizconfig again - bug 278146. Although I've masked libcompizconfig-0.8.2-r2 sometime ago, it was unmasked long enough to break the config files for enough users. If you still have ccsm / compiz failing for you, you need to downgrade to libcompizconfig-0.8.2 and to remove the contents of ~/.config/compiz/compizconfig/. I'm still working on removing the bundled iniparser from libcompizconfig.

As some of you may have noticed, the amarok-2 ebuilds have not been keyworded ~amd64 because of the mysql issue. Tonight, we've got a step closer to fix that.
Ive been working on a patch for mysql to get libmysqld to be built as a shared lib for over 2 months now. I've added an initial patch on January 3rd. Tonight, I was able to finally get a working patch for mysql-5.0.76:

atlantis@lap64 ~/kde $ ls -la /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9447588 Mar 29 01:39 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.a
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1088 Mar 29 01:38 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 29 01:39 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.so -> libmysqld.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Mar 29 01:39 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.so.0 -> libmysqld.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5054576 Mar 29 01:39 /usr/lib64/mysql/libmysqld.so.0.0.0

This patch needs to be properly tested and will likely get some clean-ups, but it's working locally. This has taken a considerable amount of work and time from me, but has only been possible thanks to Diego E. “Flameeyes” Pettenò - kudos to him.
AFAIK, this means that Gentoo is the first distro to include a shared lib libmysqld and after Robin "robbat2" Johnson, cleans the patch and he's happy with it, we'll try to get it upstream.
I've delayed this post a few hours trying to get amarok-2.0.2 building, but it's still failing because of qtscriptgenerator. However, it is already linking to libmysqld though:

lap64 amarok_build # pwd
/var/tmp/portage/media-sound/amarok-2.0.2/work/amarok_build
lap64 amarok_build # scanelf -n lib/libamarok_collection-sqlcollection.so
TYPE NEEDED FILE
ET_DYN libamaroklib.so.1,libamarokpud.so.1,libkdeui.so.5,libkio.so.5,libthreadweaver.so.4,libmysqld.so.0,libpthread.so.0,libkdecore.so.5,libQtDBus.so.4,libQtCore.so.4,libQtGui.so.4,libstdc++.so.6,libc.so.6 lib/libamarok_collection-sqlcollection.so

If you like to see it with a "prettier output":

lap64 amarok_build # ls lib/libamarok_collection-sqlcollection.so | xargs scanelf -L -n -q -F '%n #F' | tr , ' ' | xargs qfile -C | sort -u
dev-db/mysql (/usr/lib64/libmysqld.so.0)
kde-base/kdelibs (/usr/kde/4.2/lib64/libkdecore.so.5)
kde-base/kdelibs (/usr/kde/4.2/lib64/libkdeui.so.5)
kde-base/kdelibs (/usr/kde/4.2/lib64/libkio.so.5)
kde-base/kdelibs (/usr/kde/4.2/lib64/libthreadweaver.so.4)
sys-devel/gcc (/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.2.4/libstdc++.so.6)
sys-libs/glibc (/lib64/libc.so.6)
sys-libs/glibc (/lib64/libpthread.so.0)
x11-libs/qt-core (/usr/lib64/qt4/libQtCore.so.4)
x11-libs/qt-dbus (/usr/lib64/qt4/libQtDBus.so.4)
x11-libs/qt-gui (/usr/lib64/qt4/libQtGui.so.4)

I'm trying some of the patches in the amarok + qt4.5 bug and will hopefully get it to build soon. So it seems we might be able to have a amarok2+amd64 party in Gentoo soon

UPDATE

atlantis@lap64 /home/gentoo-cvs/jmbsvicetto/media-sound/amarok $ qlist -IUv amarok
media-sound/amarok-1.4.10-r2 (amazon ipod kde mp4 musicbrainz mysql njb opengl python visualization)
media-sound/amarok-2.0.2 (cdaudio ipod kdeprefix mp3tunes mp4 njb opengl)

I think a party is due in #gentoo-kde!! I'm going to update the amarok ebuild in the overlay in a minute. So, let's PARTY!!!

After another "short" break in my blog posts and just a few days late, I'm here to let anyone willing to try out cairo-dock that version 1.6.3.1 has been sitting in the desktop-effects overlay for sometime now.

commit edd596311612d17a6ec482a9cc8b47086a74be20
Author: Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto (jmbsvicetto) <jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org>
Date:   Sat Dec 20 13:45:34 2008 -0100

    Added cairo-dock-1.6.3.1 - thanks to Bill Smith <sememmon at gmail dot com> for the ebuild.

I'll be testing version 2.0.0-beta2.1 in the next days, so expect to see updated ebuilds soon. It would be helpful to get some feedback about cairo-dock to evaluate if it would be a good addition to the tree or not.
Thanks Bill for nagging me about this and sorry for the delay.

To give an update on my last blog entry, after some work in the missing ebuilds and patches and after reviewing the KDE project page and the 4.X guide, I've removed the package.mask entry for 4.2.0. So after the file is propagated to the mirrors, you'll be able to update to 4.2.0.
As always, we hope you have much fun, but if you find any snags, let us know in #gentoo-kde or in bugzilla. Before you fill any bugs, please double check the KDE-4.X Guide[1] and search in bugzilla for the bug. As we already have some open bugs[2], you may want to start there.

[1] - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml
[2] - https://bugs.gentoo.org/query.cgi?bug_file_loc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_id=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bugidtype=include&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&email1=kde%40gentoo.org&email2=&emailassigned_to1=1&emailassigned_to2=1&emailcc1=1&emailcc2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailtype1=substring&emailtype2=substring&field-1-0-0=bug_status&field-1-1-0=assigned_to&field-1-1-1=cc&field0-0-0=noop&keywords=&keywords_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=substring&query_format=advanced&remaction=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=allwordssubstr&type-1-0-0=anyexact&type-1-1-0=substring&type-1-1-1=substring&type0-0-0=noop&value-1-0-0=NEW%2CASSIGNED%2CREOPENED&value-1-1-0=kde%40gentoo.org&value-1-1-1=kde%40gentoo.org&value0-0-0=&known_name=kde-open-bugs

It's been a long time since I've last blogged about KDE, so let me bring some "fresh news".
The Gentoo KDE team is getting ready to put the 4.2.0 release[1] in the tree as soon as the tarballs are available. The ebuilds are already available in the kde-testing[2] overlay and I've added yesterday the mask[3] to the tree.
Anyone wishing to install or upgrade to the 4.2.0 release should read carefully the KDE 4.X guide[4]. We'll be reviewing this guide carefully to "smooth" the upgrade from 4.1 to 4.2.

[1] - http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.2_Release_Schedule
[2] - http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/kde.git;a=summary
[3] - http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo-x86/profiles/package.mask?r1=1.9421&r2=1.9422
[4] - http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/kde/kde4-guide.xml

PS - In case you don't know how KDE releases work, you won't be able to upgrade until the tarballs are officially released into the KDE mirrors. So don't try to use the ebuilds in the overlay if you don't have access to the tarballs and instead be sure to wait for them to hit the tree.

If you look at ${PORTDIR}/profiles/ChangeLog, you'll see the following entry:

$ less `portageq portdir`/profiles/ChangeLog

  31 Oct 2008; Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto <jmbsvicetto@gentoo.org>
  package.mask:
  Removed the compiz-fusion-0.7.8 mask now that it has been in the tree for
  a few days.

Have fun with compiz-fusion 0.7.8 and join us in #gentoo-desktop-effects on freenode or oftc and if you find a bug and report it in our Bugzilla be sure to assign it to the desktop-effects at gentoo dot org team.

Just a small note that compiz-0.7.8 has landed on a tree close to you.

After it was added on 2008-09-26 to the desktop-effects overlay, compiz-0.7.8 has now been committed to the tree. The 0.7.8 release is currently hard masked pending a final review, but should be unmasked in the next couple of days.

This version uses EAPI-2, so it will require a PM that supports EAPI-2 (currently that means a testing version from one of the 3 PMs). It's possible (preferred) to install compiz-fusion by grabbing the compiz-fusion set from the desktop-effects overlay sets dir.

If you look at ${PORTDIR}/profiles/ChangeLog, you'll see the following:


10 Oct 2008; Marcus D. Hanwell <cryos@gentoo.org> package.mask:
Unmasked KDE 4.1.2 and associated dependencies/extras at long last. Sorry
about the delay!


So, you can now have fun upgrading to 4.1.2 without having to unmask the packages. Everyone currently using the kde-testing overlay for 4.1.2, should stop using it as we're removing all 4.1.2 packages that are put in the tree. For the moment, we'll keep a few misc packages in the overlay, including koffice that was recently added and amarok-1.92.2 until it's fixed to work with mysql/e.

Anyone upgrading should read carefully the KDE 4.X guide. Pay particular attention to the sets section and to some caveats while updating from previous 4.1.1 ebuilds offered through the overlays.

As some of you may have noticed KDE-4.1.2 was released on October 3rd after a 2 day delay for some ABI breakage and despite the news in contrary, no Gentoo is not dying, the ebuilds for this release hit the tree before the tarballs were made available by KDE.

Why are the ebuilds still masked? When will they move to ~arch? The mask was put in place to prevent issues while the ebuilds were committed (it took more than 6 hours) and while the tarballs weren't made public. The p. mask is still in place because we're trying to solve a few final issues regarding the integration of kde-3.5 and kde-4.1 and while we get some docs ready to help install kde-4.1. We plan to take it out of p. mask ASAP - I was hoping for this weekend, but it wasn't possible.

So KDE is getting back on track in Gentoo, hey KDE-4.1.2 got to the tree before GNOME-2.24 and we'll start reviewing the bugs that have been piling up. As always, any help is most welcome, so if you're interested read how to help and don't forget to check the
KDE HT page.

Everyone wishing to use KDE-4.1 should read the KDE-4.1 Guide.

Here am I again, trying to keep my earlier promise.
After the compiz-0.7.8 release
on the 16th and the compiz-fusion 0.7.8 release on the 23rd, I've finally been able to bump it in the desktop-effects overlay.
I've created a new branch for 0.7.8, but will merge it back to master later today, where the ebuilds will be available until we finally bump compiz in the tree.
I've been talking with hanno about a new team, desktop-effects, to maintain the compiz ebuilds and friends. We already have an alias for it, thanks to Luís Medinas (metalgod), and a bugzilla account. All we're missing is a page for the project and a mail to the gentoo-dev ml.
So compiz and compiz-fusion 0.7.8 should be reaching a Portage tree near your neighborhood this weekend.

Steve Dibb, aka beandog, was kind enough to ask me if I had a blog and wanted to have it listed on Planet Gentoo. I didn't, he offered me one and set it up. Many thanks Steve.
Alex Heck, aka nesl247, setup a blog for me in the gentoo-xeffects day, but I didn't use it much. So my experience with blogs isn't that good.
Let's see if I can force myself to start sitting and write something about my work with Gentoo. I'll promise 1 or 2 short entries soon about kde-4.1.1/kde-4.1.2 and compiz-fusion-0.7.8.
So my first entry is done. See you soon.