<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 3:24 AM, Martin Steigerwald <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:martin@lichtvoll.de" target="_blank">martin@lichtvoll.de</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Martin Klapetek - 09.08.17, 16:12:<br>
> > But KDE is not a tech startup. As people correctly wrote, KDE has a very<br>
> > long<br>
> > history and contributors of all age. I'd rather be that than one of the<br>
> > many<br>
> > tech startups with a bunch of little to no experience but fancy new chat<br>
> > systems, to be honest. Do we really want and need to cater these mystical<br>
> > tweens so much?<br>
><br>
> Yes. Old contributors will slowly fade away for various<br>
> reasons, be it life, be it lack of energy, be it other commitments.<br>
> Who's going to pick all those projects up after them? I'd like<br>
> to think that young enthusiasts with lots of energy and potential,<br>
> exactly what those heroes starting the original KDE were.<br>
> And I think we should strive to attract younger talent that can<br>
> be in it for the long run.<br>
<br>
Well, I wonder since reading several posts here about one thing:<br>
<br>
To from reading this post and other posts I got the impression that is<br>
absolutely needs to be black or white:<br>
<br>
*Either* IRC and nothing else *or* something new and nothing else.<br>
<br>
Seriously?<br>
<br>
I mean: Seriously?<br>
<br>
<br>
There has been almost completely unnoticed posts mentioning bridges. Is none<br>
of this bridges capable to work well enough for KDE community use cases?<br>
<br>
Why do you see the need to exclude either one of the groups?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>As you're quoting my email - where are you reading this?</div><div>That's not what I wrote at. all. I merely stated that we should</div><div>cater to younger engineers. Not once I suggested and will not</div><div>suggest to disregard the old timers. That was twisted in replies</div><div>following my email.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">--</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Martin Klapetek</span></div></div></div></div></div>