Preparations of KDE 4.0 Snapshot 1

[Matt Broadstone]

On 8/10/06, Matt Rogers <mattr at kde.org> wrote:
> 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
>

My lord, thank god we have the T - W - G for decisions like this..
Where the hell are you guys :)

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