-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 13 March 2002 05:41 pm, you wrote: > > ... with users finally installing both and having both of them installed > > is a disaster. It can't be supported. > > > > If you want KDE3 nobody prevents you from downloading it? > > Might as well put my two sense in. Until late last year I was a SuSE > user, so I can't speak from MDK experience, but I can tell you what went on > over in the SuSE community. > When KDE 2 came out, there was an tremedous amount of disappointment that > SuSE hadn't delayed 7.0 for KDE 2. Yes, it worked better for the company to > release it ahead of KDE 2, but it was a pain for anyone on a low-band > connection (or anyone who was uncomfortable installing KDE) to upgrade > later on. > The net result? SuSE obviously got such an onslaught of unhappy people > that this time around they are waiting for KDE 3. Frankly, there isn't that > much that has come out since Mandrake 8.1 that is nearly as exciting as the > prospect of KDE 3. While it is certainly more convenient for MandrakeSoft > to go ahead and ship a KDE 3-less Mandrake 8.2, most people I know will > probably not purchase a distro this spring unless it has KDE 3 included. > So, here is where I'm going: Mandrake needs money - they need it soon. > Why not include the one updated package that will most likely make people > buy more copies of Mandrake? To solve KDE2/3 conflicts make it a mutually > exclusive choice during setup - either you go with KDE 2 or KDE 3 - not > both. Further more, make the option only available under the Expert > install. There - anyone who should care can get KDE 3, anyone who doesn't > know the difference won't be affected. > > -Tim
I think if you look at the ratio of people bitching about mdk stability versus those that cry for the newest packages, you'll probably find that there are more people who would like a stable distro. Changeing the policy as to the relationship between kde 2.2.2 / 3.0 rc2 during _feature freeze_ of mandrake beta period is just idiotic, and i don't think that mandrake will do it. What is wrong with downloading kde 3.x from cooker after the 8.2 release. if you want it? - -- Sascha Noyes OpenPGP public key keyID: 7F9C4D6F - ------------ Encrypted mail much preferred -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8j+SjgzJdfX+cTW8RAk/aAJ4m/yFVSryrcOZauHP24cQhNGa7JQCfY7hy EM2OiU8EiCIsaBs7YaT4CSA= =01yb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
