Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Kevin Krammer
On Tuesday, 2013-05-07, James Tyrer wrote: On 03/19/2013 09:58 AM, dE . wrote: The KDE development team appears to be interested in something other than producing a stable release. It really is that simple. Well, simple and false :) Mostly because the conclusion is based on a misconception

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread dE
On 05/07/13 20:03, Kevin Krammer wrote: On Tuesday, 2013-05-07, James Tyrer wrote: On 03/19/2013 09:58 AM, dE . wrote: The KDE development team appears to be interested in something other than producing a stable release. It really is that simple. Well, simple and false :) Mostly because the

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Kevin Krammer
On Tuesday, 2013-05-07, dE wrote: There is no misconception. Yes, there is. Sometimes people don't know that KDE is the name of the software vendor, not of a product and that this vendor has in fact dozens of products. Sometimes people find these threads through search engines and might not

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Doug
On 05/07/2013 11:32 AM, dE wrote: /snip/ There is no misconception. KDE is always giving problems. Look at the bugzilla crawling with stale bugs. /snip/ I've been using KDE for at least 3 years, and I find very little in it to complain about. Only thing I can think of is the unfortunate

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Doug
On 05/07/2013 11:49 AM, Kevin Krammer wrote: On Tuesday, 2013-05-07, dE wrote: There is no misconception. Yes, there is. Sometimes people don't know that KDE is the name of the software vendor, not of a product and that this vendor has in fact dozens of products. S /snip/ I thought KDE was

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Kevin Krammer
On Tuesday, 2013-05-07, Doug wrote: On 05/07/2013 11:49 AM, Kevin Krammer wrote: On Tuesday, 2013-05-07, dE wrote: There is no misconception. Yes, there is. Sometimes people don't know that KDE is the name of the software vendor, not of a product and that this vendor has in fact dozens

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
On 07/05/2013 at 18:06, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: I thought KDE was short for K Desktop Environment, a replacement for a Unix CDE--Common Desktop Environment? It is not for over a three years now. KDE is simply KDE and the meaning is entire community. Software is called KDE SC,

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Kevin Krammer
On Tuesday, 2013-05-07, Mirosław Zalewski wrote: On 07/05/2013 at 18:06, Doug dmcgarr...@optonline.net wrote: I thought KDE was short for K Desktop Environment, a replacement for a Unix CDE--Common Desktop Environment? It is not for over a three years now. KDE is simply KDE and the meaning

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread John Woodhouse
I'm surprised this post keeps coming up. I've been using KDE 4.6.0 since it was a stable release for some years now, I use Kmail too. Problems - virtually zero, some mouse gestures which don't seem to want to be disabled occasionally cause mild annoyance and that terrible indexing utility that

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 7 May 2013 14:55:08 -0400 Renaud (Ron) Olgiati articulated: With the profound difference that when you install Photoshop, frinstance, that is it; while if you want to install KMail, you are obliged to install as well a shitload of useless bug-ridden crap like Akonadi Akonadi won't

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Ross Boylan
I too am finding the reliability of KDE and its apps not what I would like, but one thing puzzles me about this complaint, the statement that bug fixing is not welcomed... On Tuesday, May 07, 2013 02:54:19 AM James Tyrer wrote: The KDE development team appears to be interested in something

Re: [kde] Yet another failed KDE release?

2013-05-07 Thread Duncan
Ross Boylan posted on Tue, 07 May 2013 14:40:50 -0700 as excerpted: On Tuesday, May 07, 2013 02:54:19 AM James Tyrer wrote: The KDE development team appears to be interested in something other than producing a stable release. It really is that simple. As Kevin keeps hammering hammering on,