[dot] KDE 4.0 to be Released in January

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URL: http://dot.kde.org/1196525703/

From: sebas <sebas at kde.org>
Dept: santa-claus-will-be-hacking-time
Date: Saturday 01/Dec/2007, @08:15

KDE 4.0 to be Released in January
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   The KDE Release Team has decided to release KDE 4.0 this coming
January. The release was originally planned for mid-December. The KDE
developers want to solve a couple of essential issues before releasing.
Having solved some of those issues, among which glitches in the visual
appearance, in Konqueror, the KDE web browser, the KDE community hopes
to have a KDE 4.0 that will live up to the high expectations for it.
Read on for more details.

 There are also some issues which need to be addressed upstream, for
example a bug in certain codecs of xine that cut off audio fragments
prematurely.
 Meanwhile, the progress towards KDE 4.0 is astonishing. Most parts,
such as the KDE Development Platform and a lot of applications are
considered stable and well-usable.
 Some parts of the desktop experience do not yet meet the KDE
community's quality standards and expectations for a stable release. The
developers are confident to be able to release a more polished and
better working KDE 4.0 desktop in January. The changed plans involve
releasing on January, 11.
 At the same time, the release team's call for participation is
repeated. To make KDE 4.0 a success, your effort is needed. An overview
of current showstoppers can be found on Techbase
[http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.0_Release_Beta_Goals], KDE's
knowledge platform.
 This is also a call to the wider Free Software community, and also to
companies working with KDE. If you have the resources to contribute,
assistance in fixing the remaining bugs is most welcome.