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Criticisms of KDE 3 Release Process

Posted by michael on from the few-raindrops-must-fall dept.

An anonymous submitter sent in a link to a recent email from the kde-devel list, criticizing the release process. Hopefully the KDE guys can work out any problems and keep up the good work that we've seen in the past. Update: 03/10 14:20 GMT by M : One of the comments below points out that another KDE developer has made an extensive response to the original criticisms.

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  1. Hello! by brandonsr · · Score: 4, Interesting

    KDE3 is early beta software.. Take a look at his first comments

    1) Packages missing from the release entirely (1)
    2) Rampant compile problems
    3) Last-minute changes to build requirements that cannot be met by
    many developers without an operating system upgrade (2)
    4) Many outstanding bugs (3)

    of course there's going to be problems with the software.

    no one has made a post about the development of Woody and there are a lot more problems in it than KDE3. isn't this all part of the sotware development proccess? (emphasis on development)

  2. Re:Assorted things... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    From what I can gather, KWord and KSpread should be usable* beginning with their next official release. They won't be feature-competitive with OpenOffice until quite a bit later, but they'll be nice enough for regular use. Katabase has a long long LONG way to go before it is usable. I have no idea about the other KOffice apps because I haven't been following them. I frankly think KWord's frame-based DTP design is going to be the thing that puts it on top in the long run. Then again, OpenOffice works NOW, and there's something to be said for that...


    * my definition of "usable" may not be the same as yours. Same goes for most things.

  3. On a related note by IronDragon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    My recent builds of kde3 are looking rather nice. Everything runs smooth, the fonts look good, and a lot of older bugs no longer show up.

    Whats the problem here? :)

  4. Neil Stevens blowing things completely out of prop by Karma+Sucks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This is Neil blowing things out of proportion again. It's honestly nothing new. He has long history of lambasting anything to do with KDE3.

    Others are having *excellent* experiences with KDE3. Just check the "fucking amazing" (sic) post, for example.

    So yes, there are two sides to the story

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  5. Bah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This guy has been moaning about KDE since ages. He may contribute to KDE a bit, but by God he pisses off nearly every developer.

    lists.kde.org and dot.kde.org are where he trolls most.

    He has:

    Criticized *many* KDE developers good work, even though they are working for free in their spare time.

    Would rather see Microsoft go off scott free and end up killing KDE than have Microsoft be punished for being a monopoly.

    Has sabotaged KDE CVS because people didn't agree with him.

    He now wants to lead KDE.

    The guy has an agenda to cripple KDE anyway he can, by sowing discord and criticizing everyone. He shows no respect for peoples work and never apologizes even when he is completely wrong. Its a miracle KDE has put up with him so far.

  6. The work is done in your video adapter. by Futurepower(tm) · · Score: 3, Interesting


    When you run into problems with GUI speed, consider your video adapter. Most of the processing needed to make things jump onto the screen is done by the video processor.

    I consider Matrox to be the best video adapter for business (non-game) use. (Hitachi monitors are very sharp.)

    I have a 200 MHz Pentium II with a Matrox adapter that is acceptably fast with KDE 2.

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