On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubu...@kitterman.com> wrote: > On Thursday, November 20, 2014 03:56:13 PM Harald Sitter wrote: >> >> There is a need for bugfixes, which unfortunately may or may not >> >> contain features. That being said, with frameworks being mostly >> >> libraries a 'feature' is a new function, which quite simply can not >> >> break existing functions by being there. C++ doesn't work like this. >> > >> > I completely agree bug fixes are needed. I think it's very unfortunate >> > that upstream decided to abandon their traditional post-release support. >> I think the solution to that is to get yourself into a position to >> influence the KDE decision making. Not blocking progress for the sake >> of blocking progress. > > I did participate in the upstream discussion when the decision was taken.
So clearly the arguments for bugfix releases were not good enough. > I don't view it as blocking progress. I think upstream giving up on > maintenance was anything but progress. I view it as protecting our users. I think that should be KDE's users. We don't produce a whole lot of software really. > I'm open to changing my mind in the future based on a demonstrated record of > consistent success. I don't think that exists yet. Fair enough. -- kubuntu-devel mailing list kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
