Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (673 mails)

["Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 04 September 2008 12:58:21 am Pascal Bleser wrote:
> Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> > Reading this thread, let me ask some meta-questions:
> > * please give facts why you choose something
> > * openSUSE will eventually remove KDE3 and move completely to KDE4. What
> >   criteria do you have for this move?  We should try to come to a firm
> >   decision and not start from scratch with every release.
> > * What are *you* doing to improve the situation?  Supporting two KDE
> >   versions is work - and therefore our KDE developers cannot invest as
> >   much in KDE4 as they would want to do.  How do *you* want to help the
> >   KDE developers - both the openSUSE ones with packages and the upstream
> >   team?
> >   Always remember we're speaking about Open Source software here ;)
...
> But I'm afraid that not having a stable KDE3 as a fallback option could
> have terrible consequences.
> And I'm not talking about experienced users with a proper internet link,
> those can simply add the KDE:KDE3 repository and be done with it.
>
> Everyone has different needs and expectations, but I somehow see one
> scenario as being really problematic without KDE3: beginners who get an
> 11.1 DVD, install it, choose KDE4 and find it to be way too buggy to
> work with.
> What options do they have ?
....
> I fear that only <50% of users will be aware that KDE3 is available from
> OBS repos. Just because _we_ know it's there doesn't mean everyone will
> find out.
>
> cheers

How much time would require to provide KDE3 mostly as is, with very limited 
support for the most critical flaws, completely stopping work on functional 
fixes. 

Clearly state that KDE4 is future that is actively developed, and fully 
supported by openSUSE, while KDE3 is there for user convenience and has 
limited support. 


-- 
Regards, Rajko
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