On Saturday 05 July 2008 10:15:25 am John Andersen wrote:
The KDE developers are apparently feeling the displeasure of users and their fellow Developers over the direction of and current state of KDE4
In above link there is conclusion in last paragraph: -------------------------------------------------------------------- "So my message to all the disgruntled users out there are: use KDE 3.5.x, and wait until 4.x makes you happy, or better yet, help. That's what the Mac OS users did. That's what the Apache users did. That's what our KDE 2.x users did. The software you are getting from the KDE project is free, worked on by a team of developers that actually like to use their own software. Improvements are coming fast, and KDE 4.1.0 is scheduled for July. 4.2.0 for January, etc. If you use 4.0.x, have found issues, and would like to help improve 4.1 before the release, grab the SVN version, using KDE4Daily (virtual machine image), the automated kdesvn-build script, anonsvn, and file bugs. Join the bug squashing days that are announced via planetkde or the dot. And bring a positive attitude because KDE is yours, just as much as any coder! Cheers folks. Be safe." -------------------------------------------------------------------- In you comments and below quotes I see just continuity of your fear from new that you demonstrated few times by now, there is absolutely nothing that will reveal real tone of article that you linked above.
There is also this famous "Pick up my marbles and go home" quote:
"KDE, like many other open-source projects, doesn't really need users at all" in this story which speaks of dissatisfaction among the developers so strong that some were speaking of a fork to get back to the usability of KDE3: http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/kde-developer-quits/
There are lots of good links in those articles which reveal the mindset and inner workings of the KDE developers, and its clear they knew going in that 4.0 and even 4.1 were and remain BETA, the fact that two distros pushed them out into the world early has probably done more damage to KDE than any other single event.
While everyone has right to express his opinion and feelings, pestering this list with flamebaits doesn't help anybody. If you have comments on status of KDE than use opensuse-kde@opensuse.org list and save users of other desktops from KDE project social component related discussions. Please. Disclaimer: I use KDE 3.5.9 as desktop for daily activities, while testing KDE 4.1 Beta with another user account. It is just what Troy Unrau tells in conclusion of his article. -- Regards, Rajko http://en.opensuse.org/Portal needs helpful hands. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org