Re: wow

faq
flatforty
contribute
subscribe
configure
search
rdf

main
parent
thread

Re: wow
by T. J. Brumfield on Wednesday 30/Apr/2008, @18:57

Plasma still has some serious breakage as of yesterday from what I understand.

Yet, the QT 4.4 changes were only the start. Now even more changes are planned. Even if they are finished soon, those changes are being made in the 4.1 trunk. The big problem with that, is that the 4.1 trunk isn't going to get much use for bug-testing and stabilization. We'll have 4.0.4, 4.0.5, etc, and if this rate of a new release every few weeks, we'll get tons of releases from the 4.0 branch. The 4.0 branch is becoming fairly stable. When 4.1 comes out, I fear it won't be as stable because of the changes. Even if you plan months in advance that you will eventually move and rewrite things, you need time to test, bug hunt, debug, etc.

Related Links

·   Articles on KDE Official News
·   Also by T. J. Brumfield
·   Contact author

The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )

Re: wow
by Sebastian Sauer on Wednesday 30/Apr/2008, @22:17

Well, we will also have 4.1.4, 4.1.5, etc. :)

btw, at the time KDE 3.0.0 was published I didn't switched to it either before 3.1.something cause things where not as stable as I would like to have them for my productive system.
Anyway, that KDE4 does follow the "release early, release often" rule is at the end an advantage for me. So, let's wait till 4.1.0 and probably even till 4.1.1, 4.1.2, etc. to see if KDE4 is finally stable enough for productive-systems like imho 3.1.x was :)

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: wow
by Aaron Seigo on Thursday 01/May/2008, @22:16

a) where do you think the plasma features in 4.0 came from?

b) we have a deadline (the 20th) after which no new features can be added, giving us a forced period of testing, bug hunting, etc. to work on stabilization for 4.1.

[ Reply To This | View ]

The Fine Print: The previous comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )


		"If you have an itch not being scratched, you can scratch it, or pay someone to scratch it for you." -- Eric Laffoon
KDE®, "K Desktop Environment", "KDE Dot News", "got the dot?" and the KDE Logo® are trademarks or registered trademarks of KDE e.V. in the European Union, the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the poster. The rest: Copyright © 2000-2008 KDE e.V. for The KDE Project. For further information or comments on this site, please contact the Webmaster.