lack of submissions from core KDE people

[Frank Karlitschek]

Ohh damn.

I already sent an email with a way worse text. :-)

Perhaps you could send you mail in 2 days as a last reminder?  


Cheers
Frank


On 28.12.2010, at 18:15, Jos Poortvliet wrote:

> On Tuesday 28 December 2010 15:06:09 Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen wrote:
>> On Tuesday 28 Dec 2010 13:58:35 Frank Karlitschek wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I´m a bit concerned by the lack of submissions from core KDE developers.
>>> I think we have none at the moment, right?
>>> 
>>> Does someone have an idea what we can do to change this?
>>> Perhaps we should write an email to core-devel or kde-ev-membership?
>> 
>>  Both, i'd say - it /is/ disturbing, but with the holidays and the fact of
>> course that our core membership are a highly busy bunch, it's not entirely
>> surprising either. But, yes, an email to both places (as well as -devel
>> perhaps) would probably be a good plan :)
> 
> Something like (just trying to help out, PLEASE edit and modify):
> Dear friends,
> 
> You have most likely read the announcement of the K16 initiative*. We'd like 
> to remind you of this - the only way to successfully create any kind of vision 
> for the future of KDE is if those who shape it are involved.
> 
> And there is some sense of urgency needed here. It's not a marketing stunt, 
> people! Have you noticed the FOSS market share, at least on the desktop, is 
> decreasing? Sure, FOSS does well on the Mobile front. With Android - not 
> exactly a platform KDE could easily be successful on the way we work now.
> 
> We hope you care as much as we do about our future - what happens to KDE in 5 
> years from now. Will this still be a fun place to work in, will we still be 
> relevant in the industry? Many of you have a KDE related job, others aspire to 
> get one some day. Or just have fun here, experimenting with things they find 
> interesting. But for this to be possible (AND fun!) we have to protect KDE. 
> 
> We're soldiering on, surely, but there are huge changes coming our way and 
> we'll have to adapt - or become obsolete. And that adaptation, we'd like to do 
> it in a smart way. Think about it beforehand, create the right conditions for 
> the changes to happen smoothly. Without having to create forks or have huge 
> fights or anything like that.
> 
> Quite a few of you have thought about this, have opinions. Please, share them 
> with us on k16 at kde.org
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> the K16 team
> 
> * http://dot.kde.org/2010/12/20/introducing-k16-and-future-kde
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Frank Karlitschek
karlitschek at kde.org