On 14 Jun 2012, at 18:19 , Spencer Gardner wrote:
>> The sad reality is that they screwed up ubuntu with unity. > > This is a value judgment on your part that is not necessarily shared by other > users > >> Given the fact that time for maintaining and developing qgis >> is scarce, we certainly want to optimize it. Investing it on >> solving problems related to a desktop that is not good, is, >> in my opinion, a waste of precious time. > > I see the core issue as this: Should QGIS as a project force users to adjust > their software usage to fit the tailored preferences of its developers, or > should the developers adjust their development decisions to accommodate > users? It's an age-old problem in the free software world and I don't pretend > to have a right answer as to where that line should be drawn in this case. My > own opinion is that it would be foolish to drop support for the default > desktop environment on the most highly-visible and arguably most popular > Linux platform. √ > > Spencer > This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential > and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity > to whom they are addressed. > > If you are NOT the intended recipient or the person responsible for > delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, > be advised that you have received this e-mail in error and that any use, > dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying this e-mail is strictly > prohibited. > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
