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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Working on KDE3 or KDE4?
From:       "Robert Knight" <robertknight () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-06-23 2:52:01
Message-ID: 13ed09c00706221952x529852e1jc6b864832a6e0a61 () mail ! gmail ! com
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> Ultimately my question still exists, should I attempt to squash bugs on KDE 3
> or 4?  Sorry about my persistence.

On the one hand, lots of existing users will appreciate bug fixes in
their KDE 3 setup.  On the other, meeting the currently planned
October deadline for KDE 4 is a tough schedule and so extra hands on
deck are really appreciated.

James comments above about a bug in KDE 4 being "here today, gone next
week" might be true, but if you are the one who fixes a particular
bug, then it saves someone else from having to do it.  Your
contribution will be appreciated either way.

The changes from Qt 3 to Qt 4 are quite dramatic in places, so if you
are thinking about doing bug fixing with a view to learning enough to
write new features and possibly even applications, which is a sensible
approach, then KDE 4 is the better way to go.



On 23/06/07, Joshua Rogers <thejanitor@geektownhall.com> wrote:
> Haha!  I just changed my title to something a little more fitting:
> thejanitor@geektownhall.com.  I might do that just yet.  :P
>
> Anyway, thank you for your responses.  You are all obviously better verse in
> K
> development than I.  I must admit though that I have an equal number of
> responses for each.  It does make it a little bit harder.  If I try and work
> on KDE 3.x am I going to have to relearn everything for 4?
>
> If I do go with 3, at what point on the development timeline should I move
> to
> 4.
>
> Ultimately my question still exists, should I attempt to squash bugs on KDE
> 3
> or 4?  Sorry about my persistence.
>
> I think I'll go change my address now... :P
>
> On Friday 22 June 2007 03:07:04 pm Allen Winter wrote:
> > On Friday 22 June 2007 3:54:15 pm Joshua Rogers wrote:
> > > Hello All!
> > >      I was wondering if it would be better for the community for a
> newbie
> > > ( READ: me ) to try bug busting in KDE 3 or to try and find / bust bugs
> > > in KDE 4.  I suppose I just want to try and do whichever one is most
> > > productive for the whole.
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Josh Rogers
> >
> > Dear Mr. Mayor,
> >
> > KDE3's days are numbered.
> > Work on KDE4.0 please.  If you find important bug fixes you
> > can backport them to KDE3.
> >
> > -Allen, no official title
>
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