On Friday 10 June 2011 01:00:45 Andreas K. Huettel wrote: > > I just read a very good novel where all such talk about "Software > > Collection" > > > or "Platform" was aptly called "commercial bulshytt". I think many of us, > > including your "only-users", would appreciate it if you all there > > upstream would just stick to KDE, because that is what everyone uses. > > Nothing else. > > > > Not on-topic for this list at all, nor relevant for this thread... > > That is not true. > > The large majority of your _userbase_ does not identify themselves with, > say, solid, okular, libkipi, phonon, and krosspython. Maybe some > technically minded people are huge enthusiasts about plasma. In the end, > however, what people are talking about is the entity KDE, and what people > appreciate is its entirety as desktop environment. Not a development > library framework. "Software Collection" at least had that still half-way > in mind. > > Even plasma will by most people be perceived as "the desktop of KDE". > > Please don't misunderstand me, of course for software developers the > viewpoint is a bit different, but I'm talking about users here. > > In the end, you will be perceived for what you release - and here we get > back to this list. KDE lives from being a consistent whole. Eric Hameleers > already made some very valid points there. Breaking KDE up does not help, > and the coordinated releases were/are a great thing.
No matter your or anyone else's opinion on this, I think Toma is saying: let the release team discuss and come up with a proposal, THEN comment on it on kde-devel, kde-packager etcetera. A very valid request from him and I think you should follow it.
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