Jim Henderson wrote:
On Tue, 20 May 2008 00:20:24 -0400, Sam Clemens wrote:
Not re-arrangements of software that already works well And certainly not replacements of software that works well and is stable with alpha software which is buggy and incomplete.
I'll probably regret asking this, but what *would* make you happy?
TPTB have said that KDE4 is to be included as *an option*, not a replacement for KDE3 and not the default option. That doesn't seem to be making you happy at all, so as an outsider, I'm not really clear as to what it is that you want other than to shout into the wind. I'm sure that's not the case, but you're not being particularly clear.
So what sort of answer would make you happy?
To begin with, I am NOT answering for "Sam" but for myself. In the second place, I do not know what "TPTB" stands for so my response has to be taken in this context of ignorance. For the 'answer': KDE4 is NOT included in 11.0 as an OPTION per se. It is listed in the installation as the second selectable Desktop and not under the OTHER option which, to my brainless mind, spells ,"Duh, OK, Novell has given me the Desktops which it offers as the 'ants' pants' but here is what they show are the real options of what I could try if I want to take my life into my own hands. Never heard of Gnome, except in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and they ain't nice things, so I'll go with KDE". The selectable Desktops during the installation process are: Gnome, KDE4, KDE3, Other. Now, guess what people who are "all excited" about installing openSUSE 11.0 are going to do when they come across this? To any normal person, a number higher than another number indicates that the higher number is better. Simple psychology. But the one thing which the sales department in Novell have yet to learn and come to grips with is that bad news travels FAST. The advertising industry knows that people who get a good impression of a product only inform a few people they know. But a bad impression is transmitted to ~20 people they know (this info is based on memory - but the general relativity is about right) and each of those then does the same. The bottom line to your question about "what ... answer would make [you] happy?" is that KDE4 should be placed in the "OTHER" option of the installation process and only be listed as a main item when it is really ready of that ranking. Ciao. -- Vulgar language is the linguistic crutch of inarticulate persons. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org