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Subject: Re: [kde-promo] Plasma Next Naming
From: Ivan Čukić <ivan.cukic () gmail ! com>
Date: 2014-01-23 15:18:37
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Yet again: We already stated that it will *not* be Month1 update to Plasma
Month2 Year ... but Second update to ...
Cheerio,
Ivan
On 23 January 2014 14:46, Markus Slopianka <kamikazow@gmx.de> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2014, 11:36:12 schrieb Martin Klapetek:
>
> > Given that we're dropping the name KDE from the working desktop almost
> > completely and changing it for "Plasma" (so you'll no longer run "KDE" on
> > your PC but you'll run "Plasma") I hope this will prevent that.
>
> Nothing will be prevented if the Plasma maintainers actually opt for
> "August
> 2014 Update of the May 2014 release of Plasma by KDE".
>
>
> > If they
> > call it Plasma 2 in the media, I don't care that much as long as it's
> clear
> > what it actually is and that it has a clear relation to KDE.
>
> Just yesterday I saw this blog post by our own KDE guys at Fedora and I
> quote:
>
> "If you install kde5-workspace package, you can also have a sneak peek at
> what
> Plasma guys are doing for Plasma 2! Your display manager should have "KDE
> Plasma Workspace 2" entry in session types list, which will log you into
> Plasma 2 session."
> http://www.progdan.cz/2014/01/kde-frameworks-5-and-plasma-2-on-fedora/
>
> KDE5 Workspace, Plasma Worspace 2, and Plasma 2 all mixed in a single
> paragraph. Oh, and no word about these things just being tentative names.
>
> Apparently our own guys are confused by the whole situation and that's even
> before any public announcement of throwing even more confusing date-based
> version numbers into the mix.
>
> The media, btw, also reads Planet KDE. Therefore any "informal developer
> slang" is adopted by them as well.
> "August 2014 Update of the May 2014 release of Plasma by KDE" is NOT sane
> marketing.
>
> Oh, and btw: The plasma2 package has the version number 4.90.1 over there
> at
> Fedora. Plasma 2 version 4.90.1 ... so unconfusing and by no means a road
> to
> "KDE5"...
>
> Markus
>
>
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<div dir="ltr"><div>Yet again: We already stated that it will *not* be Month1 update \
to Plasma Month2 Year ... but Second update to \
...</div><div><br></div><div>Cheerio,</div><div>Ivan</div></div><div \
class="gmail_extra"><br> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On 23 January 2014 14:46, \
Markus Slopianka <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kamikazow@gmx.de" \
target="_blank">kamikazow@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> Am Donnerstag, 23. Januar 2014, 11:36:12 schrieb Martin \
Klapetek:<br> <div class="im"><br>
> Given that we're dropping the name KDE from the working desktop almost<br>
> completely and changing it for "Plasma" (so you'll no longer run \
"KDE" on<br> </div>> your PC but you'll run "Plasma") I \
hope this will prevent that.<br> <br>
Nothing will be prevented if the Plasma maintainers actually opt for "August<br>
2014 Update of the May 2014 release of Plasma by KDE".<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> If they<br>
> call it Plasma 2 in the media, I don't care that much as long as it's \
clear<br> > what it actually is and that it has a clear relation to KDE.<br>
<br>
</div>Just yesterday I saw this blog post by our own KDE guys at Fedora and I \
quote:<br> <br>
"If you install kde5-workspace package, you can also have a sneak peek at \
what<br> Plasma guys are doing for Plasma 2! Your display manager should have \
"KDE<br> Plasma Workspace 2" entry in session types list, which will log you into<br>
Plasma 2 session."<br>
<a href="http://www.progdan.cz/2014/01/kde-frameworks-5-and-plasma-2-on-fedora/" \
target="_blank">http://www.progdan.cz/2014/01/kde-frameworks-5-and-plasma-2-on-fedora/</a><br>
<br>
KDE5 Workspace, Plasma Worspace 2, and Plasma 2 all mixed in a single<br>
paragraph. Oh, and no word about these things just being tentative names.<br>
<br>
Apparently our own guys are confused by the whole situation and that's even<br>
before any public announcement of throwing even more confusing date-based<br>
version numbers into the mix.<br>
<br>
The media, btw, also reads Planet KDE. Therefore any "informal developer<br>
slang" is adopted by them as well.<br>
"August 2014 Update of the May 2014 release of Plasma by KDE" is NOT \
sane<br> marketing.<br>
<br>
Oh, and btw: The plasma2 package has the version number 4.90.1 over there at<br>
Fedora. Plasma 2 version 4.90.1 ... so unconfusing and by no means a road to<br>
"KDE5"...<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
Markus<br>
<br>
<br>
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