KStars Lite on PlayStore - Opinions about what could be done with it?

[Jasem Mutlaq]

Hello,

I agree it should be removed until someone can step in and maintain it.

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Best Regards,
Jasem Mutlaq



On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 3:21 AM Akarsh Simha <akarshsimha at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 16:10 Guilherme <guimarcalsilva at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi, I've recently entered the promo team and I'm trying to help with
>> small things that could be improved regarding the perception of KDE and its
>> softwares by the public.
>>
>> I noticed the Android version of KStars on Play Store
>> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kstars.lite&hl=en_US&gl=US>
>> has a very low review score and that's mainly due to an incompatibility
>> with newer Android versions. The app crashes after start up because it
>> doesn't have the necessary permissions to run. After some discussion, it
>> was agreed that having an outdated version of an app on the KDE Community
>> Play Store account could create a bad perception of KDE by users. Now, we
>> want to know the opinion of the KStars developers regarding the issue.
>>
>> I have a suggestion, but of course I'd love to get feedback too.
>>
>> I propose temporarily removing the outdated KStars version from Play
>> Store and only making it available again when an update fixing the issue is
>> available.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
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> I’ll let Jasem comment on this. But I’m in favor. KStars Lite is
> unmaintained and until and unless someone maintains it, it would make sense
> to remove it. An interested party can find their way to the source.
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>
>> Thanks for your attention.
>>
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