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Subject: Re: KDM plans and lightDM
From: Nuno Pinheiro <nuno.pinheiro () kdab ! com>
Date: 2011-06-15 16:39:55
Message-ID: 201106151739.56345.nuno.pinheiro () kdab ! com
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A Quarta, 15 de Junho de 2011 17:11:27 Martin Gräßlin você escreveu:
> On Wednesday 15 June 2011 17:46:08 Alex Fiestas wrote:
> > On Wednesday, June 15, 2011 05:37:14 PM todd rme wrote:
> > > There are apparently people willing to implement KDE support in
> > > LightDM, so why don't they instead improve KDM? Why should they be
> > > putting their effort into an immature project instead of a mature one?
> >
> > Because they're motivated to work on LightDM and not in KDM, new is
> > always attractive.
>
> Of course everybody is free to spend his time on whatever he wants. But I
> consider this as kind of a pity given that it looks like
> a) GNOME won't accept lightDM
> b) KDE Plasma won't accept lightDM
>
> which renders lightDM to be used only by Ubuntu and not even by Kubuntu if
> they stick to their "we ship what upstream ships".
>
> I think it would be pretty sad if the workspace community would become
> split due to such issues.
>
> And just as something to remind: there was a time when Lubos seriously
> thought about dropping KWin in favor of Compiz, because it was the new
> cool kid on the block. Look at what we have today and where Compiz is
> today (including their history). Would that have been a wise decision to
> drop KWin? Not always is cool and new better than old, stable and feature
> rich.
+++++1
> Cheers
> Martin
--
Nuno Pinheiro | nuno.pinheiro@kdab.com | UI Designer
Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company
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margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> Of course everybody is free to spend his time on \
whatever he wants. But I</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
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-qt-user-state:0;">> consider this as kind of a pity given that it looks \
like</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
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-qt-user-state:0;">> a) GNOME won't accept lightDM</p> <p style=" \
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-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> b) KDE Plasma \
won't accept lightDM</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
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margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> which renders lightDM to be used only by Ubuntu and \
not even by Kubuntu if</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> they stick to their "we ship what upstream \
ships".</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> I think it would be pretty sad if the workspace \
community would become</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> split due to such issues.</p> <p style=" \
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-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> </p> <p \
style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> And just as something to remind: there was a time \
when Lubos seriously</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> thought about dropping KWin in favor of Compiz, \
because it was the new</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> cool kid on the block. Look at what we have today \
and where Compiz is</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> today (including their history). Would that have \
been a wise decision to</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> drop KWin? Not always is cool and new better than \
old, stable and feature</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> rich.</p> <p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; \
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-qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br /></p> <p \
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-qt-user-state:0;">+++++1</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;"> </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">> Cheers</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; \
margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; \
text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;">> Martin</p> <p \
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-qt-user-state:0;"><br /></p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">-- </p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; \
margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">Nuno Pinheiro | nuno.pinheiro@kdab.com | UI Designer \
</p> <p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
-qt-user-state:0;">Klarälvdalens Datakonsult AB, a KDAB Group company</p> \
<p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; \
margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; \
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