Re: KDE Neon and how to handle this?

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Bryan Lunduke <[email protected]> wrote:

> Come now, you know better than that.  :)
>
> The damage was already done.  I heard from multiple representatives,
> from various distro projects, with the same concerns as what I laid
> out in the article.  The reasons for the concerns were obvious and the
> concerns themselves justified.  I write.  I publish.  I do my best to
> work with projects to help them avoid these sorts of pit-falls...


Really? Now how come I haven't seen a single mail from you
offering "to help avoid these sorts of pit-falls"?


> but
> I wouldn't be doing my job if I hadn't written this article.  And I
> did so in a very fair way, all things considered.
>

Yes, as far as sensationalism goes.


> Should also be noted that I write and speak positively about KDE with
> great regularity.


Really? Your last KDE/Plasma article is from October and you start it with
"It's been what feels like an eternity since I've spent any real,
significant time
with KDE. In fact, it's been over a year; I last focused on KDE 4.13 back in
August of 2014".

If you consider "great regularity" once a year, fair enough though.


> All without talking to the board first.  In fact...
> this is the first time I've felt it necessary to contact you.  And I
> am *amazed* that I had not been contacted by anyone on the board.
> *That* is a huge problem for KDE.
>
> KDE did this damage to themselves.  Don't shoot the messenger.
> Especially when the messenger is a good -- but very bluntly honest --
> friend.
>

I don't even know what to say at this point. You write a rant, you are
baffled that *we* don't contact you because you write a click-bait article
and then you say you actually only want to help us, which so far we've
seen none of.

If I was doing business with you, right at this point I would just leave
the table and never look back.

Cheers
-- 
Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer


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