Re: 4.8 release announcement
Carl Symons <[email protected]>
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On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:03 AM, Martin Klapetek <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 10:06, Emil Sedgh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > I am in favor of the second, because I fear to use words like >> > > "innovative", "future" or "pretty" near kde users... and I am NOT >> > > joking. >> > >> > this is such a sad state of affairs .. the few troublemakers ought not >> > be >> > allowed to dictate to what the sensible do. > > > Oh yeah, just check the trolling under the latest KDE Telepathy announcement > on dot. That was crazy :)) > Yes. The Trinity announcement too. But look at "KDE Makes First 4.8 Release Candidate Available, Adds Secret Service" Surprise, surprise...comments that actually move things forward. >> >> >> Lets see highlights of the 4.8 release: >> >> 1) A way more functional KDEPIM. Im sure it has become way better than 4.7 >> 2) Polishing and improvements all over KDE (Like overhauled proxy support >> done >> by Dawit) >> 3) Fast Dolphin. >> 4) Nepomuk's improvements and bugfixes and Trueg's successfull fundraiser. >> 5) QtQuick components for Plasma. >> 6) Am I missing something? Any of apps got major improvemets which Im >> missing? > > > Gwenview gained OpenGL awesomeness > -- http://agateau.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/crossfade/ > >> >> Also, I dont like the fact that in release anouncements of RC, we totally >> ignore Calligra, Amarok and other parts of KDE which arent included. So >> maybe >> we should also post about improvements in those areas? >> Specially, the Telepathy-land which is the truly exciting. Its the most >> user- >> visible change currently going in KDE-land. We should mark that >> Telepathy-KDE >> 0.2 has been released and its being improved very fast. Maybe even a few >> screenshots or something. > Agree completely. It's not just the new stuff that's newsworthy. We should be tooting our horn way more. > > Actually we are about to release 0.3, which brings another huge improvements > everywhere, the same day as KDE SC 4.8 ;) > > -- > Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer > > > _______________________________________________ > This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. > > Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set > digest on or temporarily stop your subscription. _______________________________________________ This message is from the kde-promo mailing list. Visit https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-promo to unsubscribe, set digest on or temporarily stop your subscription.