D16395: Update the "About KDE" text

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D16395: Update the "About KDE" text

fusitter added a comment. You think sending your minions to insult me and then disabling my account will solve the issue? what will you do next? Disable registration so no one points out your hypocrisy? Which overlord made the decision to disable my account and for what? REPOSITORY R263

D16395: Update the "About KDE" text

This revision was not accepted when it landed; it landed in state "Needs Review". This revision was automatically updated to reflect the committed changes. Closed by commit R263:57fdd7769506: Update the About KDE text (authored by ngraham). REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui CHANGES SINCE LAST UPDATE

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ngraham edited the test plan for this revision. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo Cc: valorie, davidc, xyquadrat, rizzitello, ltoscano, aspotashev, abetts, kde-frameworks-devel,

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ngraham updated this revision to Diff 44942. ngraham added a comment. Add a link to the "Get Involved" page REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui CHANGES SINCE LAST UPDATE https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395?vs=44605=44942 BRANCH arcpatch-D16395 REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395

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ngraham edited the test plan for this revision. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo Cc: valorie, davidc, xyquadrat, rizzitello, ltoscano, aspotashev, abetts, kde-frameworks-devel,

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ngraham updated this revision to Diff 44605. ngraham added a comment. Incorporate more feedback from review comments (thanks @davidc and @valorie!) REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui CHANGES SINCE LAST UPDATE https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395?vs=44564=44605 BRANCH update-about-kde-text

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valorie added a comment. My only suggestion: KDE creates the efficient, powerful Plasma desktop environment, hundreds of high-quality applications and the many software libraries that support them. Past tense makes the present version seem static. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION

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davidc added a comment. Thanks for the update, and for tightening some of the language. The only nag I have is with the last sentence in the first paragraph. Seeing Plasma described as "friendly" seems a bit like fluff and is an awkward choice of words for a user interface. I know you

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abetts added a comment. +1 REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo Cc: xyquadrat, rizzitello, ltoscano, aspotashev, abetts, kde-frameworks-devel, michaelh, ngraham, bruns

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ngraham added a comment. Thanks! Regardless, I'll only land this after the Frameworks string freeze is lifted (i.e. once 5.52 is tagged). REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo

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skadinna accepted this revision as: KDE Promo. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo Cc: xyquadrat, rizzitello, ltoscano, aspotashev, abetts, kde-frameworks-devel, michaelh,

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ngraham edited the test plan for this revision. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo Cc: xyquadrat, rizzitello, ltoscano, aspotashev, abetts, kde-frameworks-devel, michaelh,

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ngraham updated this revision to Diff 44564. ngraham added a comment. Use https URLs REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui CHANGES SINCE LAST UPDATE https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395?vs=44563=44564 BRANCH update-about-kde-text (branched from master) REVISION DETAIL

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ngraham updated this revision to Diff 44563. ngraham added a comment. Promo team tweaks REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui CHANGES SINCE LAST UPDATE https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395?vs=44562=44563 BRANCH update-about-kde-text (branched from master) REVISION DETAIL

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ngraham edited the test plan for this revision. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo Cc: xyquadrat, rizzitello, ltoscano, aspotashev, abetts, kde-frameworks-devel, michaelh,

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ngraham updated this revision to Diff 44562. ngraham added a comment. Consistently capitalize "Free Software" REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui CHANGES SINCE LAST UPDATE https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395?vs=44192=44562 BRANCH update-about-kde-text (branched from master) REVISION DETAIL

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ngraham edited the test plan for this revision. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo Cc: xyquadrat, rizzitello, ltoscano, aspotashev, abetts, kde-frameworks-devel, michaelh,

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ngraham added a comment. So are folks good with the current text now? REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo Cc: xyquadrat, rizzitello, ltoscano, aspotashev, abetts,

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ngraham edited the test plan for this revision. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications, #kde_promo Cc: xyquadrat, rizzitello, ltoscano, aspotashev, abetts, kde-frameworks-devel, michaelh,

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ngraham updated this revision to Diff 44192. ngraham added a comment. Tweak the wording, incorporating @xyquadrat's suggestions REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui CHANGES SINCE LAST UPDATE https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395?vs=44135=44192 BRANCH update-about-kde-text (branched from master)

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xyquadrat added a comment. > KDE is a cooperative enterprise in which no single entity controls the efforts or efforts or products of KDE to the exclusion of others. I think this sentence is too complex. I'd suggest writing something like "KDE is a cooperative enterprise: nobody

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ngraham added a reviewer: KDE Promo. ngraham added a comment. Agreed, we can wait until after 5.52 is tagged before landing this (assume we even get consensus before then. :) ) In D16395#347814 , @abetts wrote: > > KDE has created the

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ltoscano added a comment. In D16395#347938 , @rizzitello wrote: > Why does this dialog not say anything about the version of KDE. There is *no* version of KDE. KDE is only the community. It's clearly stated in that message. >

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rizzitello added a comment. Why does this dialog not say anything about the version of KDE. I think here the KF5 version and maybe the Qt Version should be shown here. I always found it kinda odd that the "About Application" dialog contains this and not the About KDE dialog. REPOSITORY

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ltoscano added a comment. I'd say that the respecting the string freeze this time makes sense, as we need a bit more time to discuss this. Maybe the promo team can help too, as this is an important message. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To:

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aspotashev added a comment. FYI, according to an old custom mentioned at https://community.kde.org/Schedules/Frameworks , KF5.52 is already in string freeze, thus this change may only be pushed after 5.52 is released. However you can ask for an exception in the kde-i18n-doc mailing list

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abetts added a comment. > KDE has created the friendly and powerful Plasma desktop environment KDE has created the most friendly and powerful desktop environment, Plasma. > KDE is a cooperative enterprise in which no single entity KDE is a disaggregated development community not

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ngraham edited the test plan for this revision. REPOSITORY R263 KXmlGui REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D16395 To: ngraham, #vdg, #plasma, #frameworks, #kde_applications Cc: kde-frameworks-devel, michaelh, ngraham, bruns

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ngraham created this revision. ngraham added reviewers: VDG, Plasma, Frameworks, KDE Applications. Herald added a project: Frameworks. Herald added a subscriber: kde-frameworks-devel. ngraham requested review of this revision. REVISION SUMMARY This text had not been updated in a while, and