KStars Lite on PlayStore - Opinions about what could be done with it?

[Akarsh Simha]

On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 16:10 Guilherme <guimarcalsilva at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, I've recently entered the promo team and I'm trying to help with small
> things that could be improved regarding the perception of KDE and its
> softwares by the public.
>
> I noticed the Android version of KStars on Play Store
> <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kde.kstars.lite&hl=en_US&gl=US>
> has a very low review score and that's mainly due to an incompatibility
> with newer Android versions. The app crashes after start up because it
> doesn't have the necessary permissions to run. After some discussion, it
> was agreed that having an outdated version of an app on the KDE Community
> Play Store account could create a bad perception of KDE by users. Now, we
> want to know the opinion of the KStars developers regarding the issue.
>
> I have a suggestion, but of course I'd love to get feedback too.
>
> I propose temporarily removing the outdated KStars version from Play Store
> and only making it available again when an update fixing the issue is
> available.
>
> Any thoughts?
>

I’ll let Jasem comment on this. But I’m in favor. KStars Lite is
unmaintained and until and unless someone maintains it, it would make sense
to remove it. An interested party can find their way to the source.


> Thanks for your attention.
>
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