https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407998
--- Comment #6 from Sergio <sergio.calleg...@gmail.com> --- On 28/05/19 23:51, Nate Graham wrote: > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=407998 > > --- Comment #5 from Nate Graham <n...@kde.org> --- >> I find it strange that they do not do so for KDE Applications > I suspect that it's partially a resourcing issue and partially because > there's much less urgency compared to a web browser, which is the #1 attack > vector on most computers. I also tend to see it as a resourcing issue. But KDE Applications also happen to include a browser (konqueror) and an email client (kmail). >> Still, if a distro makes the choice of staying with an outdated version that >> is not updated upstream, that should mean providing some sort of downstream >> support. > That's not really how it works. If distros choose to package old versions of > our software, that doesn't (and shouldn't) create any kind of obligation on > our > part to provide patches. I know that there is no "obligation" from distros. I have not expressed myself correctly, sorry. What I meant is that if some user can find low risk patches for the unsupported version they ship (as I was trying to do), they should at least consider applying it downstream. For instance (with some resistance because of the SRU) they did when it was impossible to duplex. > The IMO correct way to resolve this situation--if it > needs resolving--would be to alter the KDE apps release model to have LTS > releases like Plasma has. Then distros that insist on shipping old stuff can > lock themselves into the LTS version of our apps and receive a steady stream > of > bugfixes, just like they do with Plasma. > Then again, this wouldn't help you since the scaling chooser was a new > feature, > not a bugfix--so you'd need a newer major version anyway. > The scaling chooser is a new feature, but avoiding scaling something that should obviously not be scaled (and so avoiding the waste of a lot of ink and paper) looks more like a bugfix. So there is a chance that an LTS policy could still help! In any case, right now, I am working around the issue using okular as a viewer and FoxitReader for Linux to print. Hope I'll not have to do it until Ubuntu 19.10! ;-) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
