kdeinit (was: Summary from Buildsystem BoF at Desktop Summit)

[Alexander Neundorf]

On Tuesday 16 August 2011, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> A Dimarts, 16 d'agost de 2011, Oswald Buddenhagen vàreu escriure:
> > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 03:40:22PM +0200, Albert Astals Cid wrote:
> > > A Dimarts, 16 d'agost de 2011, Oswald Buddenhagen vàreu escriure:
> > > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 10:59:18AM +0200, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> > > > > In my opinion, kdeinit should stay.
> > > > 
> > > > try to convince lennart of that. when i suggested to add
> > > > kdeinit-like
> > > > functionality to systemd his response was "no way". and if we ignore
> > > > systemd, we'll lose in the longer run.
> > > 
> > > So you are going to let a guy that has stated publicly that hates KDE
> > 
> > where has he done that? and i mean literally, not according to your
> > interpretation.
> > 
> > > decide KDE's future?
> > 
> > it's a simple fact that gnome will determine the future of the linux
> > desktop platform, simply because they have the people working on it and
> > we don't.
> > in fact, the pragmatic solution would be dropping the kde platform and
> > concentrating on what we are good at: applications (and the underlying
> > qt-based frameworks). and a workspace, for those 50% of our community
> > who can believe in that plasma thingie.
> 
> I can't answer to so much enthusiasm.

When looking at this statement carefully, applications, the underlying qt-
based frameworks and a workspace is actually pretty much what we do.

Alex
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