James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> 
>> This is no more a "design error" than not being able to get full quality 
>> from resampling a 22kHz sound to 44kHz.
>
> I fail to see what re sampling has to do with backward compatibility.

KDE3 = 22 kHz
KDE4 = needs "true" 44 kHz to function properly

> Failure to consider backward compatibility is, by definition, a design 
> error.

See what Lydia wrote. KDE3 color schemes lack the information to make a 
fully capable KDE4 color scheme (because KDE4 has many more color 
roles). If being able to use KDE3 schemes with full fidelity had been a 
design requirement, we wouldn't be able to move forward.

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