KDE Edu & KDE4

[Matthias Welwarsky]

On Thursday 11 August 2005 11:37, Torsten Rahn wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 11. August 2005 04:40 schrieb George Wright:
> > Given that discussions are now raging for KDE4 and how KDE should change
> > for it, I would like to propose some changes for the KDE Edu module.
> >
> > In my opinion, the module is far too big and confusing. The compressed
> > tarball for the module weighs in at a hefty 28MB;
>
> Sorry, but 28 MB isn't really perceived much these days. Taking into
> account that KDE 4 will be shipped in a year and that internet connections
> as well as mass storage will have developed even further those "hefty" 28
> MB will rather be experienced as "very small" by the time KDE 4 is
> released. So as long as KDE-EDU doesn't grow rapidly I don't see a problem
> here.

Well, I also don't think that size is a problem here, but I do think that the 
EDU project, too, should think about factoring out some of the applications 
in separate entities, to allow for an extragear-like packaging.

regards,
	matthias


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