Re: kde haters' blog

On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Lydia Pintscher <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 20:32, Nikolaos Pantazis
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> While reading the comments on the 4.7 beta announcement, It became
>> very clear to me that there are people out there who really hate kde.
>> The reasons for this are not clear to me, but I think kde must do some
>> kind of management of this situations. I actually propose the creation
>> of a "kde haters' blog" hosted by the kde.org and accepting posts from
>> everyone. Maybe by making those people look as cult as they are, will
>> be a solution.
>>
>> Any way, I am just feeling really sad about this situation.
>>
>> ps. I want to check the release notes of kde 4.7 but kubuntu doesn't
>> have packages. Can anyone please propose me a live cd to check it? I
>> am not comfortable compiling.
>
> We're already giving these people way more than enough room to air
> their negativity. Let's not give them even more and even make it
> official.
> What we could do is get some blog posts on planet kde with actually
> useful criticism that we can engage with. That'd have to be a careful
> selection though and I doubt many (any?) of the people that qould
> qualify for this are in the real kde haters group.
>
>
> Cheers
> Lydia
>

Just re-read the comments on 4.7 beta. I don't see anything to be
concerned with. Several people claim to have been KDE users since v1.0
and yet make comments like "the eternal alpha-state that KDE4 has been
since the beginning, battling with developers constantly spitting out
new big features without consolidating any." No way; I simply don't
believe the commenter (even leaving aside the hyperbole). These
comments convey more writer bias than anything about KDE4. Positive
comments on this article far outweigh negatives.

I am using the latest version of Plasma and Applications on 2 machines
and working with tens of other users. _Not one_ has anything like
alpha performance.

At any rate...
As one commenter wrote, "Please, KDE SC 4.7 BETA COMMENTS WANTED"
That's what the story is about. Perhaps that should have been more
explicit.

Instead of creating an anti-KDE site or trying to do something on
PlanetKDE, how about a rapid response team whose members can respond
to the Dot FUD? It doesn't appear that the questions or comments
require heavy duty dev involvement. I think, on balance, that the KDE
community can separate the whiners from the contributors.

Maybe a Kudos to Devs story occasionally...positive comments only; no
criticism allowed, constructive or otherwise.
 
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