talk about screwing the pooch!

[steven robinson]

Amarok 2.0 was released with a clear description that it was still a work in
progress needing lots of development and should be treated as such. The
question shouldn't be why the Amarok devs released it as early as they did
but rather "why did distros decide to replace 1.4 with it when they did?"

On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Robert Smits <bob at rsmits.ca> wrote:

> On August 16, 2009 01:35:10 pm Eric Altendorf wrote:
>
> > > Hey! This has nothing to do with Linux or Windows. You changed versions
> > > of the program and version 2.0 or later is different from version 1.4.
> >
> > Well, sort of.
> >
> > Most windows software vendors let you take your data with you when you
> > upgrade to a new version of their software. :P  People have kind of
> > come to expect basic niceties like that.
>
> Hell, even Microsoft Office isn't completely compatible from version to
> version. I can't even re-install old versions of my tax programs in
> Windows.
> >
> > It's about expectations.  Some people expect a music player that just
> > works and doesn't require database import tools, custom configuration,
> > or getting the latest built binary from git.  These people are not
> > well served by any linux music player I've tried in the past 5 years
> > or so, and I would have to recommend a different platform for them.
>
> And Amarok 1.4 has met all those expectations for a long time. I never had
> to
> worry about any of that for years, and still don't.
>
> The Amarok 2 series is a major change, and still in development, and it's
> unreasonable to expect that all the bugs will be out of it for some time
> yet - it's the nature of the beast, I'm afraid. I think it's reasonable to
> ask why amarok developers released Amarok 2.0 as early as they did, but
> they're not alone.
>
>
> --
> Bob Smits, bob at rsmits.ca
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