Kmenu and KDE4

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Knapp <magick.crow at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 4:13 AM, Steven Vollom
> <stevenvollom at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > On Saturday 20 December 2008 7:05:40 pm Lindsay Mathieson wrote:
> >> Users do not drive innovation. If it was left entirely to users
> interfaces
> >> would *never* change. Sometimes developers have to role the dice and
> take a
> >> dive into the unknown.
> >>
> >> I say this as a user (of KDE) and a developer (of unrelated projects).
> >> There's a lot I would have done differently with KDE4 but overall I
> applaud
> >> the chutzpah of the project. Interesting times are ahead for KDE.
> >
> > As little as I know, I agree completely.  Playing it safe in the comfort
> zone
> > is like swamp water.
> >
> > Steven
>
> I too think what the KDE team is doing is great but that is not to say
> it could not be done better. When it comes to any problems with KDE4,
> for me it is because of distros adopting the work before it is ready
> to work in a stable full featured way.
>
> I still think that KDE4 might be ready for Kubuntu by the time a new
> stable release is due out.
>
> For the Kubuntu Devs to enter into an agreement to give us a stable
> KDE system and then back out is wrong, they broke their word to the
> users. 8.10 should have been a stable KDE3 system and then they might
> have thought about switching to KDE4. None of this is a fault of the
> KDE dev team!! Innovation has a place and that place is not in the
> slot of an expected and planed stable release.
>
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I am confused as to what you mean by a stable release?  Are you confusing
the terms Long Term Support (LTS) with stable?  8.10 and 8.04 were not
expected to be LTS'd for Kubuntu.  Don't know what the discussion for the
next LTS is or what version # that would be.

JOnathan
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