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List:       kde-release-team
Subject:    KDE Telepathy as part of KDE Applications
From:       Martin Klapetek <mklapetek () kde ! org>
Date:       2017-08-02 15:52:20
Message-ID: CAPLgePqhN9_-q4T4nk6Mn0KhfG_RCgToRd5+NEY2g2vktFQB8A () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hey guys,

I was long thinking about writing this email but kept putting it off,
but I think it's only fair towards everyone, especially our users so
here it goes finally.

The KDE Telepathy project is as of now unmaintained for over
a year. That means there is no active development nor bugfixes
except a few occasional patches from an uncooperative guy.
Nobody is handling the incoming bugs. The protocol support is
outdated, the KAccounts project is unmaintained (including the
upstream), I'm not sure about the upstream Telepathy project
but my guess is that it's also not in active development anymore
either.

As the last maintainer of KDE Telepathy and KAccounts, I feel like
we're doing our users a disservice by shipping such outdated and
unmaintained software. Therefore I'd like to recommend to stop
shipping KDE Telepathy (all the ktp-* packages) as part of KDE
Applications, if just to not give the impression that this is still being
developed.

But I'd like to leave it at that - a recommendation from the previous
maintainer. If you guys still think it's worth being shipped, it's ok if you
continue so. I just wanted you to be aware of the state of the project
that we ship as our main IM solution.

Cheers
--
Martin Klapetek | KDE Developer

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<div dir="ltr">Hey guys,<div><br></div><div>I was long thinking about writing this \
email but kept putting it off,</div><div>but I think it&#39;s only fair towards \
everyone, especially our users so</div><div>here it goes \
finally.</div><div><br></div><div>The KDE Telepathy project is as of now unmaintained \
for over</div><div>a year. That means there is no active development nor \
bugfixes</div><div>except a few occasional patches from an uncooperative \
guy.</div><div>Nobody is handling the incoming bugs. The protocol support \
is</div><div>outdated, the KAccounts project is unmaintained (including \
the</div><div>upstream), I&#39;m not sure about the upstream Telepathy \
project</div><div>but my guess is that it&#39;s also not in active development \
anymore</div><div>either.</div><div><br></div><div>As the last maintainer of KDE \
Telepathy and KAccounts, I feel like</div><div>we&#39;re doing our users a disservice \
by shipping such outdated and</div><div>unmaintained software. Therefore I&#39;d like \
to recommend to stop</div><div>shipping KDE Telepathy (all the ktp-* packages) as \
part of KDE</div><div>Applications, if just to not give the impression that this is \
still being</div><div>developed.</div><div><br></div><div>But I&#39;d like to leave \
it at that - a recommendation from the previous</div><div>maintainer. If you guys \
still think it&#39;s worth being shipped, it&#39;s ok if you</div><div>continue so. I \
just wanted you to be aware of the state of the project</div><div>that we ship as our \
main IM solution.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>--<br \
clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><span \
style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Martin Klapetek | KDE  Developer</span></div></div> \
</div></div>



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