Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (715 mails)

[Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 23/03/12 00:05, Felix Miata wrote:
> On 2012/03/22 23:35 (GMT-0300) Cristian Rodríguez composed:
>
> > Felix Miata composed:
>
> > > Success would also be yet another reason to stop recommending openSUSE
> > > to those who ask me for distro selection advice. KDE4 is newer and
> > > prettier, but KDE3 actually does what still needs doing.
>
> > Unfortunately, those nice arguments do not match reality.
>
> > - KDE 3 is abandonware.
>
> I don't care how you label it. Like Quattro Pro for DOS, and OS/2, I use
> KDE3 constantly because I've found nothing better for reliably doing
> what needs doing. No need to fix what ain't broke.
>
> > - It can (is/will) stop building at any time.
> > - It uses a large amount of build resources.
> > - No, the "trinity desktop" that has two developers cannot sustain such
> > a large effort for a long time. it is economically unsustainable.
>
> All they need to do is keep it building.

No.

- they need to release security fixes
- "just keeping it building" is not as easy as it sounds.
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