Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 1st Dec 2007 18:02 UTC, submitted by Rafał Rzepecki
"The first KDE 4 release will come along with several major changes compared to KDE 3.x. While explanations for these changes have been posted at several places before there is a central list missing which explains the reasons to normal users. This post lists some hot topics and tries to shed some light on the reasons behind certain decisions." Update: The release date for KDE 4.0 has been postponed from mid-December to January 11th 2008. I'll be sure to give you my address, Aaron. Insert smiley face.
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RE[2]: change for developers' sake
by weorthe on Sun 2nd Dec 2007 22:52
in reply to "RE: change for developers' sake"
Member since:2005-07-06
Hello,
out of literally thousands of improvements you've cherry picked four
I did not cherry pick. My four examples are four of the six from the referenced article.
thanks for your faith and support, however, second only to the time you've taken to educate yourself on the manner
I am always glad to educate myself. That's why I read the article, and also your helpful reply.
Anyway, I didn't mean to sound critical. I like the way KDE is developing. Thank you for that as well.
Member since:
2005-07-06
> It seems that a lot of code is being replaced to
> satisfy developers' whims
nope.
arts: dead end design, as stated by the developer of arts itself. it also left us with non-portable code. there was very good reason for the move to phonon, and nothing to do with whims. in fact, at first the main phonon developer did the work solely because it needed to be done.
kcontrol: we decided 3 years ago to not bring kcontrol along as the default. replacing it was not a whim. there were 4 other options developed from among which one was selected (and tested). that kcontrol itself does not have a maintainer now is nothing to do with whims, but rather the inability for whingers on the sidelines to get into the game. too busy whinging.
kicker: guy, i maintained kicker for the last few years. i'm also the one who started plasma. that was not done on a whim as much as it was on a deep understanding of the code base and the implications of it.
kmenu: the quote you provide is innaccurate.
now, out of literally thousands of improvements you've cherry picked four, 1 one of which was an innaccurate assessment. leaving thousands - 3 as non-whims, though as you can see above even that's a dubious number.
thanks for your faith and support, however, second only to the time you've taken to educate yourself on the manner.