Dale Trombley <[email protected]> wrote: >Unfortunately I agree. >I'm nothing but an end user that has used dev version of kubuntu since >about 6 years. There's been problems and I've reported and helped >along a >few bugs. >I'm stoked about wayland, if it can bring all the things it promises to >bring. >I'm stoked about mir (xmir), if it can bring all the things it promises >to >bring. >The most recent annoying bug is it seems the kubuntu devs have given up >on >kubuntu before really giving it a chance, whatever happens down the >road. >I read the kubuntu devs fussing about Mir, I read Ubuntu devs reaching >out >to try and help as much as they can, only to read more fussing about >it. I >don't know coding and I certainly don't know coding from the intricate >level of xserver. I only know how to report bugs, and do very minor >trouble shooting. I also know no other linux distro gives me >everything I >want and need all in one package as well as kubuntu. I've tried many >of >the other distros and I just feel at home with kubuntu. > >But right now as a very happy end user of kubuntu, I have begun to >search >for something even remotely close to call home (which I am not finding >btw) >just because of all the turmoil goings on at the dev level because of >Mir >(or because of fear of Mir). I wish I could code and I would be right >in >there with both hands but alas I cannot. > >I sincerely hope something gets worked out, kubuntu rocks and the >kubuntu >devs rock for all the work they do and have done. > >My 2 cents. >-Dale > >On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:47 PM, Ma Xiaojun <[email protected]> >wrote: > >> Recent messages from Kubuntu devs have been increasingly annoying. >> >> They constantly complain about uncertainty caused by Mir. Well, it's >> reasonable. But the problem is that no single piece of concrete >> research is done or published. Have they measured performance >degrade? >> Have they observed unexpected crash? Have they reported bugs / >> contacted Mir devs thereafter? >> >> They seem to believe in Wayland. That's absolutely fine. And then >they >> repeat " And maintaining Wayland in the ubuntu archives will be >> fiddly, even if it is mostly a sync from Debian." whining. Well, Sir, >> if you have no confidence maintaining a handful of packages, why are >> you maintaining a distro spin? >> >> Given the current small manpower of Kubuntu and the staff's >> unhappiness with Canonical. I feel that declaring Kubuntu orphaned is >> a pretty good option. Most end users are uninformed, after all. >> >> -- >> kubuntu-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-- >kubuntu-devel mailing list >[email protected] >Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
It's premature. Canonical starts lots of projects and many turn out to be stillborn. It's also possible we're making a mountain out of a molehill and it'll be fine. There's no way to know. Scott K -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
