Star KDE 4.2 Released; Short Interview: Aaron Seigo
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 27th Jan 2009 18:41 UTC
KDE The release of KDE 4.0 was not a smooth one, and left a number of users a bit disgruntled. Still, the release showed so much potential that it was oozing out of every pixel. KDE 4.1 improved significantly in many areas of concern, but it wasn't yet ready for everyone. With today's release of KDE 4.2, the KDE4 vision is ready to face not only developers and enthusiasts, but every users. We have taken a look at the release candidate for KDE 4.2, and we have a short interview with KDE's Aaron Seigo.
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RE[4]: Great Release
by mat69 on Wed 28th Jan 2009 11:34 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Great Release"
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Secondly, why would you assume the work would go slower? Because there are fewer people using it? So you are, in fact, advocating the release of incomplete, buggy, untested software to users? Just checking.

I think you have a misconception of FOSS here.

In FOSS there are no closed and then open beta tests like you find in the proprietary world here there is constant testing by the users and developers. Users can report bugs, make suggestions and even create patches -- often not easily possible in propritary projects.

The price for this?
Sometimes buggy software with only few features, but only if your distributor ships it. If you install it yourself and ignore the warnings than that is your fault as you as user ignoring the set paths by your distribution have the responsiblity for your actions.


Another different part is if none uses your software gives feedback etc. you do not have the same motivation and "pressure". Sometimes you have to release something and then you'll have the motivation to add and fix a lot for the next release.

You can easily look at the statistics to see my point. The last weeks before a release there are more commits than normally, the same happens if you get closer to the different freezes. People want to get their stuff and the fixes in and work pretty hard for that. Without these "deadlines" (=release, time before release) you would have no reason to work that hard in your freetime.

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