Oops ... sorry ... forgot to subscribe before sending ... resending here ... hope that does make for double posting ... sorry Regards Fred James
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: new here, and bug question Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2017 10:21:44 -0400 From: fredj...@fredjame.cnc.net To: "kde-devel" <kde-devel@kde.org> Cc: "kde-community" <kde-commun...@kde.org>, qa-disc...@ml.mageia.org Please pardon the top-posting ... I am including the message to/from kde-community below, as background ... please note the link to a bug listed on Mageia, as it pretty much clarifies what I am referring to. https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21624 I am looking for any advice/guidance to squash this bug, even if it is "no longer supported" ... I don't think something should be dropped in a broken state ... to me, it just doesn't speak well for the future. Please also forgive the cross posting to a Mageia list ... just trying to keep them in the loop, as that list is where this quest started. Thank you Regards Fred James Valorie Zimmerman wrote: > Hi Fred, welcome! > > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 6:02 PM, wrote: >> I am seeking guidance here, RE: >> (1) am I writing to the right list?, If not, where might I turn? > > KDE bugs are on bugs.kde.org. That is a Mageia bug for KDM, which as > far as I know is no longer supported by the KDE community, although > our bug-tracker might show the same/similar bug. If so however, you > would think it would be linked on that Mageia BR. > > I imagine that Mageia has an IRC channel, mail list or forum where > their bug squashing team discusses things, if such discussion does not > take place right there in the BR. > >> (2) what might I be able to do to help with this bug? Or has it already >> being dealt with, has been dealt with? >> Thank you in advance for any suggestions/guidance you may be able to offer >> Regards >> Fred James >> >> Background: 18 years in sysadmin and DBadmin, on small Unix machines (i.e., >> I am familiar with C and Bourne, but by no means a pro). >> Unisys and SGI, and a touch of HP and Sun >> Currently "retired" and running Linux at home (Mageia5 64 bit, KDE4) > > It's tough to say where to go beyond Mageia. KDM is no longer > developed; SDDM is now preferred. > > This list, KDE-Community, is for discussion of community issues. > KDE-devel is where general programming issues are dealt with, and then > there are lists for teams like KDE-Edu, KDEPIM, Frameworks, and lots > of the applications. See https://www.kde.org/support/mailinglists/ for > more information. > > All the best, > > Valorie > Please forgive me but do I understand you to say that KDM is total toast? Please allow me to ask: To brake it and then de-support it ... how does that sound to you? Regards Fred James
