[Digikam-users] Re: re Windows version

[Peter Shute]

I haven't looked at the Digikam website for a while, but I think there should be something on there to warn potential Windows users not to expect regular releases. It's a good program, good enough to make people commit a lot of time to it after they first intall it, but the Windows version doesn't have the level of support to justify it, in my opinion. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Verizzo [mailto:paulv at paulv.net] 
> Sent: Monday, 23 May 2011 12:59 AM
> To: digikam-users at kde.org
> Subject: [Digikam-users] re Windows version
> 
> Giles, thanks for taking the time to respond to my post.  It's pretty 
> much as I thought, and I do understand, although I've not a 
> clue about 
> libraries and compiling and such matters.  Here is what I 
> don't understand:
> 
> 1.  Why the KDE underpinnings.  It's not just us Win-doze users 
> experiencing problems, it seems that LInux users do, too.  
> Perhaps I'm 
> misremembering.  There are plenty of multi-platform programs 
> out there 
> that aren't locked into what I think of as that KDE nightmare.  I'm 
> going to guess that KDE is where you started and now you are 
> locked in.
> 
> 2.  As Windows has some 15-20 times the users at the desktop level, I 
> would think that you would want a good Windows version.  Of 
> course, I've 
> seen enough Linux pride to understand that might not be the 
> case.  Or, 
> just not enough time to support all those potential Windows users.  
> That, I certainly do understand.
> 
> I guess I"ll run the 1.7 until it's hair gets gray, or see if the KDE 
> Windows team updates sometime this century and swallow all 
> the crammed 
> down apps that comes with it.  I just trundled over to the KDE for 
> Windows site and true to form, not a clue about digiKam updates since 
> February 2010, IIRC.  No search function, either.  Sigh. 
> 
> Best to all,
> 
> Paul
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