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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. 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.