Preparations of KDE 4.0 Snapshot 1

[Matt Rogers]

On Thursday 10 August 2006 10:24, Dirk Mueller wrote:
> On Thursday 10 August 2006 14:26, Matt Rogers wrote:
> > *sigh* ok, whatever. thanks for completely twisting the meaning of the
> > word work. I was only concerned about the perceptions and reactions to
> > releasing a snapshot that AFAIK, doesn't come close to meeting the
> > expectations of those people who are looking for such a thing. Of course,
> > my knowledge may not adequately reflect reality.
>
> We could name it KDE 3.69  instead of KDE 4  snapshot 1 to avoid that
> people misinterpret it as "KDE 4 is released!". Would that address your
> concerns?
>
> I'm sorry, I can't follow you other than that you say that we shouldn't
> release until its ready. And with that I can not agree.
>
> The way you get people on board is to give them something that is just
> barely working enough to be interesting but broken enough to get them
> involved. IMHO.
>
> Also, there was this long bitching thread about how to provide stable API
> for application developers - and yes, I do expect that most of our
> inspiration for previous and current kdelibs development come from
> application developers. Thats why we need them, and the sooner we can get
> them, the better it is.
>
> I've been long enough around to know how we fell into the KDE 2.0 trap.
> Lets not do that again.
>
>
> Dirk

I have no preference really. I voiced my concerns about the snapshots and I'm 
satisfied with that. You guys are the ones with the best knowledge to make 
the decision. You do what you think is best. :)
--
Matt