Re: What's going on guys?

Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> First off, I know I have had little to know productivity so please
> forgive the possible rudeness.

Not at all.  Thanks for the candor.

> But I am quite concerned by the non technical challenges that KDE in
> Fedora seems to be facing these days.

Nod.  We all need to stay vigilant.

> 1. The "powers that be" of Fedora still seem to consider KDE a "second
> class" citizen. 

Really, what makes you think that?

> 2. Some F9 and F10 users seem to feel very strongly about the KDE 4.x
> experience. Nothing good seems to be coming out of the ongoing
> discussions.

Let me offer a different take: I think it's been valuable... both in 
hearing all sides' opinions, and in identifying folks' concerns.  From 
the recent fedora-list thread, my perception of it was that most people 
seem to be satisfied with how things are progressing, and that there are 
only a few very vocal members of our community who are genuinely unhappy.

> Seems like you guys have enough technical problems to deal with as it
> is. What are "we" going to do about this?

Some very interested people seem to be unhappy about decision-making, 
but only after-the-fact.  Heck, an analogy I've been tempted to use 
recently is this: sometimes folks who don't vote end up being those who 
complain most about their elected politicians.

fedora/kde is always open to new ideas and (constructive) criticism, so
my point is that if these folks are genuinely that passionate about kde, 
I'd challenge them to become more involved in the process.

-- Rex


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