kdegames and other meta are gone

[Hanmac]

from the update from utopic to vivid
nearly all meta packages like kdegames are gone.

they are still in the sourcecode but they aren't be builded anymore.

and the changelog does not show that this was on purpose.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Hanmac (hanmac)]

after months of nothing i need to revive this ticket:

the debian package there: https://packages.debian.org/sid/kdegames does have a newer version and is okay

the ubuntu package https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/meta-kde there is broken since 2015-01-20
AND two releases does not fix that.

while splitting the package up and making it different from debian,
<email address hidden> did remove many maybe needed meta packages
and even after some message didn't fixed that yet

so the way would be either revert the change and make it like the debian package, or make it working with the change, but the current status can not go after many months passing

[Ｖ字龍(Vdragon) (vdragon)]

"meta-kde (5:84ubuntu5) vivid; urgency=medium

  * Remove kde-sc meta packages, they are no longer valid
  * Remove use of nepomuk which has been removed
  * Remove depends on automoc, cmake has it built in
  * Remove kde-developer-sdk, it's kde 4 focused
  * Remove kde-standard, kde-full, kde-plasma-desktop and
    kde-plasma-netbook metapackages, kubuntu has its own meta packages
 -- Jonathan Riddell <email address hidden> Tue, 20 Jan 2015 17:20:18 +0100"
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/wily/+source/meta-kde/+changelog

Why would anyone believe that kubuntu metapackages are enough? 0_o
kubuntu metapackage includes it's customizations that will change boot screen...etc.
we need kde metapackages without kubuntu customizations!

[Ｖ字龍(Vdragon) (vdragon)]

I subscribed Jonathan Riddell to this bug report, hope there's some explanation for the removals

[somekool (somekool)]

I believe Jonathan Riddell stepped down.
I am thanking him very much for all his work.

quick workaround

sudo apt-get install bomber bovo granatier kajongg kapman katomic kblackbox kblocks kbounce kbreakout kdiamond kfourinline kgoldrunner kigo killbots kiriki kjumpingcube klickety klines kmahjongg kmines knavalbattle knetwalk kolf kollision konquest kpat kreversi kshisen ksirk ksnakeduel kspaceduel ksquares ksudoku ktuberling kubrick lskat palapeli picmi

took the list from the trusty description http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/kdegames

cheers,

[David Pyke (loftwyr)]

Has there been any movement on this? The meta packages are needed