From kde-core-devel  Sun Jan 13 20:24:25 2008
From: "Gary L. Greene Jr." <greeneg () tolharadys ! net>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:24:25 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Closing the arts product in bugs.kde.org
Message-Id: <200801131224.32211.greeneg () tolharadys ! net>
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On Sunday 13 January 2008 11:53:52 am Maksim Orlovich wrote:
> > this is precisely why i suggested we have a *separate* b.k.o repository
> > for
> > kde4 on. it avoids this whole mess.
>
> That makes sense for plasma/kicker. It makes no sense for apps that are
> similar for both 3.5.x and 4.0... Which is the majority of apps.

However, just because KDE 4.x is the "New Hotness" does _not_ mean that we =
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blithely lockout bug reporting from older products. Doing this smacks a=20
little of proprietary software that puts people on the upgrade cycle since=
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they won't support you at all. While I'm not arguing that people shouldn't=
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upgrade (in fact I hope they do), I am arguing the same thing I've said=20
before with the arts product: THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE USING THIS=20
SOFTWARE FOR A WHILE YET! The last time I raised this, I got plain ignored.=
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Please people, stop crusading to close out bugs just because it artificiall=
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would bring the bug count down.

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Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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