Re: What's going on guys?

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:58 AM, Rex Dieter <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> 1. The "powers that be" of Fedora still seem to consider KDE a "second
>> class" citizen.
>
> Really, what makes you think that?

The ongoing '"Default" spin of Fedora' thread leads me to believe that
things are far from cozy. Maybe "powers that be" was a poor choice of
words.

>> 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.

I'm glad that there is some value in this

>> 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.

That is my perception as well. What I don't have a grasp of is the
significance of the numbers.

I like KDE and I like the Fedora community, but how much effort can
you guys put in for what could literally eventually be for only dozens
of user?

The combined effect of highlighting a single "Desktop Spin" and the
some what unintuitive procedure from getting a clean KDE desktop from
the DVD media doesn't seem to bode well for us.

On a more positive note, if at some time in the future, I can commit
to maintain a website or sub-site to highlight KDE in fedora efforts,
would that be considered a good idea? or something that may breed
additional division?

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