On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Richard <ricreig@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri August 29 2008 11:55:07 am Michael Loeffler wrote:
Hi,
as discussed in a former project meeting we should discuss how we handle KDE in openSUSE 11.1. To avoid any misunderstanding we will offer on the DVD still KDE and Gnome. It just the question which or how many KDE's ;-)
TWO
Version 3.5.9+ Version 4.1
Richard: +1 Yes, KDE 4.1 is still BETA :( It cannot be considered for serious use. And I don't want openSUSE to make another mistake, that Fedora 9 did (when they dropped KDE3). Even with 11.0 - users complained that KDE4 _was offered_ at all. While being pre-alpha quality. In short, we should have Both KDE3 and 4 available in the DVD install version. It is OK to drop in other packages (even OpenOffice, if you really lack space, would be better sacrifice than KDE3). There are plenty of packages, that can be dropped (KOffice, GNOME Office, KDevelop, ...), But more seriously: I would prefer official multi-DVD install. Thankfully, due to Yast, it is possible to create. (Boxed version of 10.3 was Dual Dual-Layer DVD). The best solution is to release Dual (single-layer) DVD Install Media for 11.1. Yes I know, mirror will hate it, download will take longer, etc... But at some point in time it becomes a necessity. People disliked the idea of having to move from 1 floppy to many. People disliked the idea of having to move from 1 CD to many. But it happened... It is time for openSUSE to move to multi-DVD setup. (In a few years, BD-ROM will solve those issues, so people will have 1 media again) I'm not fool, and I know that it is more convenient to use 1 media, but in our case, it is important to have 2 DVDs, as it will allow us to deliver powerful distro, without serious sacrifices in package number and distro functionality. Once Blu-Ray media will become available in few years time frame, the 1-media convenieve will return. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org