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Subject: Re: KDE Mindshare (or the lack thereof)
From: "Yannai A. Gonczarowski" <yannaigo () leyada ! jlm ! k12 ! il>
Date: 1999-03-08 12:57:19
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Maybe the auto script running on ftp.kde.org (the one posting the ANNOUNCEs
to the announce mailing list) could also post such announcements to other
places?
David Faure wrote:
>
> I agree : we need to adverties more.
> Just been on freshmeat : every gnome app that is released is announced
> there.
> The problem for us is that we put our application in kde* packages, and
> release them very seldom.
> What every developer should do is : periodically, extract a tar.gz out of
> the CVS, and release it on ftp.kde.org.
> This would allow users to keep up to date with apps improvements, and, but
> that's just a 'plus', make more hype on freshmeat.
>
> Let's take an example : a fvwm, or gnome user, wants to try kmail.
> He should be able to download a recent kdelibs package, and a recent kmail
> package. Not having to install the whole kdenetwork.
>
> I've heard that separate rpms have been done for 1.1, but that's not the
> point. Separate tar.gz should be done periodically, but including kdelibs
> of course (for compatibility problems, as kdelibs always evolve).
>
> There is a tool in kdesdk that allows making a tar.gz out of a CVS app,
> isn't it ?
>
> Of course, this applies also to authors of an app not in CVS : when you
> release a new version, always post an announcement to freshmeat,
> comp.os.linux.announce, (and kde-announce, but that's automatic afaik).
>
> Summary : big releases like 1.0 and 1.1 are a very good thing for joe user,
> because very simple to install, but we should also think about normal unix
> users, which prefer being able to upgrade one app when they want, and to
> keep up to date (without having to use cvsup!). For them, recompiling their
> apps when upgrading kdelibs is not really a problem.
> And we need to announce our apps when we release new versions.
>
> --
> ____________________________________________________________________
> | |
> | David FAURE |
> | E-mail : David.Faure@insa-lyon.fr, faure@kde.org |
> | http://www.insa-lyon.fr/People/AEDI/dfaure/index.html |
> |____________________________________________________________________|
--
Regards,
Yannai.
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