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Re: We don't need no stinkin' consistency
by susegebr on Friday 04/Jan/2008, @16:56

Ok Bottom line kde4 is not finished.

Google for kde3 + compiz vs kde4 gives 33.300 hits
sort it out and you have more or less 12.000 pure kde3 vs kde4 hits.

I should say time to start a site only stating at what state kde4 and the kde4 programs + applets etc etc are so we can see in one page if it is usefull to switch to kde4 from a good running system opensuse 10.3 retail +kde3 + compiz

Btw I have been a dev for 25 years on large mainframes, the last 10 years in project management.

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Re: We don't need no stinkin' consistency
by mat69 on Friday 04/Jan/2008, @18:43

Well none said KDE 4 is finished.
KDE 4 won't be finished for a long time.

The only thing that is "finished" is KDE 4.0 an initial release that even devs dub as not intended for most people out there as a lot improvements as well as old features are missing that are going to be add in later versions.

Maybe what you are asking for will be mentioned in the release notes.

Btw. it should be clear that neither alphas, betas nor RCs are intended for the general public per se. The same goes for a release.

The 4.0 release is for early adopters, people that want to develop apps for KDE and the people that like to bitch about unfinished products.

Imo you should not switch from a good running system to KDE 4.0, that could result in a disappointment. Wait for reviews of KDE 4.X versions and if you think it actually offers value for you then switch. Or you could try a Live CD.
The same rule goes for other software as well, like the Kernel. 2.6.0 was not that useable at all, while the latest version is.
You have to start somewhere.

If you found the time you could probably help a lot with your experience.

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Re: We don't need no stinkin' consistency
by susegebr on Monday 07/Jan/2008, @08:49

Tell me how to help and give a idea off the time involved

anwser me on email

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Re: We don't need no stinkin' consistency
by jospoortvliet on Saturday 05/Jan/2008, @01:58

I want to what Mat said above - there will be aq KDE 3.5.9 release soon (as soon as we've recovered from the stress caused by KDE 4.0). And yes, that release will have new features. We won't abandon KDE 3.5.x anytime soon - it will probably be supported for years still. Part of that is because KDE 4.0 simply can't replace 3.5 fully - yet. And I think it'll take to 4.2 before we have practically every feature from 3.5 back, so we need to actively support it for at least a year - and then some, as many users won't switch for another 2 or 3 years.

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