Re: Are interoperability issues bugs?

> Currently, all KDE is walking a tight line. It started with KDE 4.0
> and has reached nearly all applications by now. The new technologies
> introduced with Qt4 and consequently with the KDE4 series forced many
> developers to basically rewrite their applications. After a certain
> time and amount of work, it was crucial for the further success of
> their projects to release them to a knowledgeable audience to gather
> feedback. None of the .0 releases were ready for actual daily use. KDE
> seems to finally have reached this point with the upcoming 4.3
> release.
>
> Unfortunately, this is a rather unusual concept and hard to communicate.
>
> As Boudewijn explained before, we tried to be as clear and careful as
> humanly possible with our messages around the 2.0 release. We are
> trying to hold the balance between excitement because of a release the
> developers have been working on for years and low profile messaging
> towards users.
>
> I hope this helps in understanding the thinking behind the whole
> versioning and the importance of bug reports at this point. Don't
> hesitate to ask if not. :)
>

I understand now that I've been told. Thanks. I hope to get some bugs
filed in the coming weeks.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

http://what-is-what.com
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