Shipping Plasma 6.1 wallpaper in Plasma 6.1.1

Paul Brown paul.brown at kde.org
Mon Jun 17 23:40:56 BST 2024


On Tuesday 18 June 2024 00:27:56 CEST David Edmundson wrote:
> I'm not convinced it has a net benefit.
> 
> People who update on the day will be already surprised. People who
> update later will have forgotten all about the background of a
> webpage/tweets they already saw.
> 
> By the time 6.1.1 it'll be forgotten we'll restart a discussion that
> would have otherwise completely faded away and mess users about in the
> process.

6.1.1 is only a week in the future. It is not so far off that we can assume 
everyone will forget. And, anyway, one thing Promo does well is remind our 
users of stuff.

> Someone on chat proposed putting a link to the wallpaper in the
> announcement, that would look the most deliberate.
> 
> "Our page today featured the artwork of our contest winner blah blah
> blah, with Plasma you can make your desktop your way blah blah blah,
> download their wallpaper here.".

What is the problem of delivering the wallpaper with 6.1.1?

Cheers

Paul
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