KDE Edu & KDE4

[Matthias Welwarsky]

On Thursday 11 August 2005 15:17, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> On Thursday 11 August 2005 14:37, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> > On Thursday 11 August 2005 13:56, Cornelius Schumacher wrote:
> > > On Thursday 11 August 2005 13:08, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> > > > 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.
> > >
> > > Isn't that completely up to the kdeedu people? They do a great job
> > > with this module. I don't think people here are in a position to
> > > tell them how they should release their software.
> >
> > ???
> >
> > Of course I am totally free to suggest that they use an alternative
> > method of releasing their software if I think it's appropriate, and
> > it is not up to you to tell me otherwise. I can even try to persuade
> > them to do so as long as I don't try to boss them.
>
> The "you should think about" part sounded to me like bossing.

I said: "I think [they] should think about factoring out some of the 
applications [...] ". If that's "bossing" to you, oh my.

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