Project Timelord -- Initial consideration

[Mark Kretschmann]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Jonathan Thomas <echidnaman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello fellow Kubuntu developers,
>
> Kubuntu, as we know, is a fairly good KDE distribution. (Otherwise we would
> not be here reading this mailing list) However, things are not perfect. In
> fact, things could be much better.
>
> "But what is Project Timelord?", you may ask, "and how does it relate to
> Kubuntu's problems?" Both are good questions. Project Timelord is the
> brainchild of the Kubuntu developer legend Harald Sitter; the culmination of
> several weeks of brainstorming by a handful of Kubuntu developers, focused
> towards identifying problems Kubuntu currently faces and solutions for these
> problems.
>
> And now, we wish to bring Project Timelord to the attention of the greater
> Kubuntu development community for input. You can find the internal developer
> release announcement that outlines the purpose and proposed solutions of
> Project Timelord at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dfc7xjfj_18g8k5ztg4
>
> If it is decided that we would like to adopt Project Timelord as a goal to
> work towards over the next few cycles, we can start towards prioritizing the
> solutions and work towards forming a roadmap to implementing these solutions.
> This way we can all stay in the know of what is going on even if we are unable
> to attend UDS, and those attending UDS will have a unified goal to work
> towards as they flesh out the implementation details for Kubuntu 10.04, Lucid
> Lynx.
>
> The purpose of this email is to generate discussion to determine whether the
> Kubuntu developer community wishes to adopt this plan or not, as well as to
> provide input on the brainstormed solutions. Until it is decided, we would
> politely ask you to not announce the existence of the project to the general
> public. We would like to hear your thoughts on the initiative here, though. :)
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jonathan "JontheEchidna" Thomas.

I'm a bit late in the game, but I would like to express my support for
Project Timelord. While I think that we must be happy for the support
that Canonical is giving Kubuntu, their level of support is limited,
and it also also comes with lot of baggage from Ubuntu, including for
instance Apport and PulseAudio.

I feel that Canonical runs Kubuntu without the right amount of
attention it could provide, which is also very evident in the
promotion sector. While I am not a packager (I'm a KDE application
developer), I do offer to help out with this project where I can,
including giving technical advice, or providing other work (for
example promotion). Naturally my personal focus is also on improving
the environment for developers, e.g. by adding current versions of
important development tools, such as Qt Creator.

-- 
Mark Kretschmann
Amarok Developer
www.kde.org - amarok.kde.org