Mike Bird dijo [Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 10:51:43AM -0800]: > > KDE4 is crap, world+dog know that. Use GNOME, XFCE or whatever. If you > > want KDE3 in Debian, then put your money where your mouth is and > > come maintain it. > > That is well known. KDE 4 maintainers cannot keep up with > the bug reports now and will be totally overwhelmed when > Squeeze is released. That is not what people expect of > Debian Stable. > > The problem is that KDE 4 has moved to take over the package > namespace used by KDE 3.5. This is totally unnecessary. > KDE 4 - the new package suite - can and should use new > non-conflicting package names. > (...)
Thing is, the KDE project evolved (for better or worse - I don't know, as I don't use either) from v3 to v4. Yes, many people disliked the change, and started off Trinity. However, the package namespace still belongs to KDE - As Trinity is a fork, and it is Trinity users who have to specify "I don't want to use official upstream KDE anymore". And yes, it is surely a PITA for you and for others who prefer sticking with the KDE3 way - I guess it is a matter of personal preference... But given that nobody has stepped up to package Trinity for Debian, I can only assume KDE4 is good enough for them. Who are neither few nor lazy nor incompetent - I know the KDE team is made of committed, professional people. If they feel KDE4 is stable and usable enough, then KDE4 is what stays for Debian. Of course, you and everybody else are welcome to disagree. And had you disagreed some months earlier (given the decision is not by far new), I am sure nobody would have opposed your ITPs to introduce Trinity to Debian. And having two migration paths for Lenny's KDE3, there would have been a real possibility for the KDE team to coordinate with the Trinity team and offer the pertinent information and way forward for users. Of course, that is purely speculative. Right now, we _know_ how Squeeze will look like. And it is _impossible_ for it to include Trinity, or to have all KDE packages renamed to somehtingelse. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110117194605.gb23...@gwolf.org
