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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Plasma 5
From:       Carl <carlsymons () gmail ! com>
Date:       2014-05-09 0:24:50
Message-ID: 3959367.hc0N4NtMld () symcomtech
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On Thursday, May 08, 2014 09:10:46 PM Sebastian K=FCgler wrote:
> Hi kde-promo,
> =

> Within the Plasma team, many of us would like to go forward using version=
 5
> for our upcoming release ("Plasma 5"). We'd like to propose it to be taken
> forward. (The version "in the code" is already at 5, anyway.)
> =

> Here's a quick run-down of the reasons why we think it's better than 2014=
.6,
> or <year>.<month of release>:
> =

> - It communicates continuity: Plasma Next really is the continuation of 1=
5+
> years of doing a desktop. It has our DNA all over it, and it's not a
> disconnected "today's thing". Especially to our existing userbase, and th=
ose
> just outside of it (other people known to Free desktops), this has a real
> meaning. It's something people love, and sometimes hate, and it's not a
> completely new thing. This is well in line with what we've been talking
> about all along for Plasma Next.
> =

> - It's trusted and proven: it works and will cause no problems with
> packaging, and comparing version number
> =

> - It solves a bunch of technical inconsistencies (plasmapkg2 vs kcmshell5=
 --
> why has one the 2 appended, the other 5?), library sonames are 5 as well.
> =

> - It indicates (like we did traditionally) that this is the 5th major
> version, building on a new Qt5, and Frameworks 5, we get to re-use that
> kind of consistency.
> =

> Note that it's not a unanimous decision, but a "this is what /most/ of the
> involved people think is a good idea". Further feedback of course welcome.
> =

> It looks like we'll delay the release for 1 month, as Frameworks 5.0 has
> seen the same kind of delay and we wouldn't like releasing Plasma 5.0 on
> top of a Frameworks beta. A revised schedule will likely appear in the
> coming days. More on release preps will follow in the coming weeks, so we
> can make a nice splash around it.
> =

> Cheers,

I like it.

I deal with users who are mostly oblivious to this kind of thing...to them, =

"KDE" is enough.

Techies (such as LUG members) are not particularly interested in the intern=
al =

KDE conversations. Mostly these are people who will be calling the new rele=
ase =

"Plasma 5" anyway. "2014.6" won't make sense to them and won't be used.

It won't make much difference to the outside world that we have been using =

various labels for the "new stuff". Our discussions have been speculative t=
o =

some degree. If something other than a simple "Plasma 5" is used, then =

journalists and SlashSnark will come with questions if not insults. =


From a promo point of view, Plasma 5 works better than the alternatives.

Carl

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