Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 3rd Nov 2010 22:47 UTC, submitted by poundsmack
"Today, KDE has released a series of updates to the Plasma Desktop and Netbook workspaces, the KDE Applications and the KDE Platform. This update is the third in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.5 series. 4.5.3 brings bugfixes and translation updates on top of KDE SC 4.5 series and is a recommended update for everyone running 4.5.2 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. KDE SC 4 is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come."
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Member since:2006-11-14
..he he he ..i build from source and i have it running since two days ago ..
This release fix the only two bugs i was hitting in my day to day use and i am a happy KDE SC user!!! ..
I stopped using KDE SC from trunk couple of months ago. It seem so mature to me now that trunk isnt that interesting anymore.
I am sure i will read a development blog sooner or later that will compel me to go back to running from trunk but i just dont see what that will be at the moment.
Member since:2006-03-29
Indeed. 
Same thing here, though I only had to wait a few hours or something before my used arch mirror synchronosed. 
In this case that was quite important for me though, as a recent update unrelated to KDE -- one or two days ago -- broke KDE for me. It constantly crashed and the only thing I could use was my devel account and start the programs for my normal account via ssh.^^
Member since:2009-09-14
*checks updates* nope, *reloads package list* grrrr, *checks repos* bhaa, *checks updates* aarrgh! damn you Kubuntu I don't want to wait!
I know it'll be a day or so but I have the attention span of a goldfish and need the immidate gratifications.
hmmm.....better go check my updates.
I know it'll be a day or so but I have the attention span of a goldfish and need the immidate gratifications.
hmmm.....better go check my updates.
I have the following PPA's enabled on Kubuntu 10.10 and 4.5.3 was available after an apt update and upgrade.
ppa:kubuntu-ppa
ppa:kubuntu-ppa/beta
ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
edit: Forget that, aptitude upgrade installed bits of 4.5.3, aptitude dist-upgrade wants to delete half of KDE. Will wait a bit longer methinks!
Edited 2010-11-04 12:00 UTC
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*checks updates* nope, *reloads package list* grrrr, *checks repos* bhaa, *checks updates* aarrgh! damn you Kubuntu I don't want to wait!
I know it'll be a day or so but I have the attention span of a goldfish and need the immidate gratifications.
hmmm.....better go check my updates.