Description of problem: When starting kstars on a Fedora 13 system, the menu item Device is missing. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Kstars 1.6.0 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start kstars 2. Check for menu item Device 3. Actual results: Not found Expected results: Should be there. Can't communicate with telescope without it. Additional info: kstars & kde bugzilla tells me this is a Fedora 13 distro problem. The kstars rpm has not been built with indi support & dependency.
It's supposed to be built against libindi, but the kdeedu-4.4.5 build log has this: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- The following OPTIONAL packages could NOT be located on your system. -- Consider installing them to enable more features from this software. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- [snip] * libindi (0.6 or higher) <http://indi.sf.net> A framework for controlling astronomical devices such as telescopes, CCDs, filter wheels..etc. Gives KStars support for controlling astronomical devices. but the root.log has: libindi-devel i686 0.6-11.fc13 build 19 k libindi i686 0.6-11.fc13 build 324 k so I don't know what went wrong (maybe it's actually checking for 0.6.1?). We really need to make a habit of checking the build.log files for missing dependencies, it's unacceptable to push things with missing features (it's also a regression in the updates). (FWIW, this is fixed in the 4.5.2 packages.)
(In reply to comment #1) > We really need to make a habit of checking the build.log files for missing > dependencies, it's unacceptable to push things with missing features (it's also > a regression in the updates). It could be easy script, I'll add it as topic for next KDE SIG meeting. This is really not a good situation - we miss features, even it leads to regressions.
Will I see a working kstars in Fedora (13?) any time soon or do I have to switch Linux distribution for a while? // The Fedora astronomer with the problem
Soon (I'd say within a week)
kdeedu-4.4.5-2.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kdeedu-4.4.5-2.fc13
kdeedu-4.4.5-2.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kdeedu-4.4.5-2.fc12
kdeedu-4.4.5-2.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kdeedu'. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kdeedu-4.4.5-2.fc13
kdeedu-4.4.5-2.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
kdeedu-4.4.5-2.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.