On Monday 13 April 2009 09:23:49 David C. Rankin wrote:
> KDE3 should not be dropped until the KDE4 devs can show we are NOT
> sacrificing functionality. I can't wait for KDE4 to be finished, it should
> be great. But to consider KDE4 a replacement for KDE3 at present is
> intellectually dishonest. Quanta is Case-In-Point, a MAJOR app and arguably
> the best at what it does. I was using it not more than 30 seconds before
> checking email and finding this very depressing thread.

Did you extrapolate from the subject of this thread that all KDE 3 apps, including Quanta, are no longer in openSUSE Factory?

The KDE 3 desktop is no longer included in Factory (and will not be in 11.2).

Our state-of-the-art KDE 3 packages are in KDE:KDE3 in the Build Service and we are doing best effort maintenance of them - for example, this morning I fixed libkexiv2-5 to build with latest exiv so you can use KDE 3 digikam with 2009's digital cameras.

KDE 3 applications are being kept until they can be replaced by KDE 4 ports or equivalent new applications where no port exists.

Cheer up, kdewebdev3 (and therefore Quanta) is still in Factory. This thread is a lot more depressing as a KDE and openSUSE developer...

Will