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Subject:    Re: Oh man. ***Can*** wait for KDE2 to go GOLD!
From:       Mosfet <mosfet () jorsm ! com>
Date:       1999-11-18 18:24:54
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Of course, that's why I can't say how long the beta period will be. All
I can say is that it will remain there until it's reached the quality of
a 2.0 package.

Michael Petter wrote:
> 
> For what it's worth, I totally agree.  Better to wait for more bug-free
> code that settle for coredumps en masse now!
> 
> - Michael
> 
> On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 09:13:13AM +0000, Derek Fountain wrote:
> > Great news, but please Please PLEASE!!!! don't release it until it's
> > ready - even if that takes another year. If there's one type of mud that
> > really sticks in the software industry, it's that of software that
> > doesn't work properly. If you let users down, they never forget it.
> >
> > MS has been stuck with this label for years. So have GNOME. I subscribe
> > to the GNOME lists (I like to follow what's going on) and there are
> > still grumblings on there that GNOME is still seen as buggy and
> > unreliable. Most GNOME people seem to think they have the problems
> > cleaned up, and after 50+ revisions to V1.0 they darn well should have,
> > but there's no doubt they have been tarred with a very sticky brush.
> >
> > KDE's great benefit is that it works. It is a desktop which justifiably
> > sits on top of UNIX because it's reliable. If I hear someone say KDE-2.0
> > will be ready in time for such-and-such a show or event like GNOME
> > was(n't), I'll be very alarmed.
> >
> > I'm sure I don't need to spell this out to the developers, but I will
> > anyway: We (the users) will wait patiently for as long as it takes to
> > get a stable KDE-2.0.
> >
> >
> > Mosfet wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, that's probably right for the final release I would say, with betas
> > > before that. KDE has an extensive beta process so the exact date of
> > > release depends on how many bugs are found I guess ;-)
> > >
> > > Troy Telford wrote:
> > > >
> > > > So how close is KDE2?  Where would you 'ballpark' it being complete?  (I
> > > > know... it'll be released when it's done... but at the current rate of
> > > > development, is that anytime soon?  (Spring 2k?)
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