Release schedule clarifications

[Dan Meltzer]

On 10/24/07, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> On Wednesday 24 October 2007, Dan Meltzer wrote:
> > It seems like an even greater "stroke of sheer genius" and by genius I
> > mean I'm being sarcastic, to throw workspace out in a final release so
> > that it gets testing for 4.1.  Isn't that the point of betas?
>
> so your logic is that because it doesn't get enough testing now ... ensure it
> gets even less testing in the future? wow.
>
> then again, with all these "amazing progress" i've been hearing about lately
> maybe things will actually be alright.
>
> if people can get their day to day work done properly that's what matters,
> right? not having a news ticker isn't going to kill anyone last i checked.
>
> > Granted, there were no real beta's for plasma, but this supports even
> > more the idea of postponing it.
>
> ok, i'm going to bring this back to reality a wee bit and note clearly that
> you mean simply replace plasma with kicker and kdesktop. in that case, feel
> free to resurrect and maintain them. i don't relish the work ahead of you.
> kicker will be particularly fun.

No.  You are not reading what I said.

I said don't release worksapce in 4.0, don't put it out there as a
final product.  It sure as hell isn't a final product.  Keep the
desktop with 3.5, and put out workspace with 4.1.
>
> from an appearances POV, it's far easier to say, "well, here's version 0.9 of
> plasma. here's the promise in it, we're working with the community to make it
> even better." than "so here's old stuff that looks even worse now."
>
>
> p.s. a note on effective sarcasm: you should never need to actually call it
> sarcasm, it should stand on its own as such. in fact, if you really nail it,
> people should actually be wondering if it was sarcasm or not. and if they ask
> you should be able to say yes or no with an equally straight face and get
> away with it.
>
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