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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Jonathan,<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Le 2021-02-15 à 09:49, Christoph
Cullmann a écrit :<br>
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cite="mid:b63169fd1a5ffa8e4cc549dec92dc4be@cullmann.io">On
2021-02-15 15:36, Nate Graham wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">On 2/15/21 6:01 AM, Jonathan Riddell
wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Here at KDE we've always struggled a bit
with branding and the announcement of formats for the bunch of
releases that was originally "KDE" then "KDE SC" then "KDE
Applications" and at Akademy 2019 we decided to debrand it and
make it a release service with lots of different stuff in it.
We had monthly update announcements that included those
releases on the months when they happened and otherwise
included everything else released over the past month. But
the format doesn't seem to have caught on by various metrics.
So the promo group had some chat about different formats you
can read at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://phabricator.kde.org/T14091">https://phabricator.kde.org/T14091</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://phabricator.kde.org/T14091"><https://phabricator.kde.org/T14091></a>
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Currently the plan is to reband it probably with the name KDE
Gear. That gets released every 4 months (same as currently)
with a big announcement for it and everything in it. It's
still a collection of apps and supporting libraries with no
connection to each other except they happen to be KDE projects
which don't want to do their own release work. Then every 4
months on the months between times we have an update article
highlighting all the other stuff that has been released by
KDE. The bugfix releases for KDE Gear happen monthly as
currently and only have a minimal announcement.
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We hope this format will get some more traction with
engagement from outside press and social media buzz. Any
comments welcome.
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+1, I think this makes sense. I like "KDE Gear". It's short and
sweet
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and suggestive, but not descriptive.
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+1, too
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<p>If I understand correctly, this is discussing announcements like
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://kde.org/announcements/releases/2021-02-apps-update/">https://kde.org/announcements/releases/2021-02-apps-update/</a><br>
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<p>But what exactly are we trying to name here? A bundle which
contains all KDE applications as the ticket indicates?</p>
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<p>In any case, "KDE Gear" sure is short and makes some sense if we
consider it related to Extragear, but for those who don't know
KDE's history, I am skeptical that gears are a good way to evoke
applications. Gears evoke internals (backend technology), not
graphical applications (frontends). If we take Microsoft Windows
as example, we see gears are used as icons for DLL files
(libraries), among a few file types. The corresponding KDE bundle
would be KDE Frameworks.</p>
<p>That being said, I shall stress that:</p>
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<li>The gear is used in KDE's icon. So arguably, the gear means
more than "backend" in KDE context.<br>
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<li>English is not my native language.<br>
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cite="mid:b63169fd1a5ffa8e4cc549dec92dc4be@cullmann.io">
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Greetings
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Christoph
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Philippe Cloutier
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.philippecloutier.com">http://www.philippecloutier.com</a></pre>
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