Johannes.

Am = 23.10.2010 um 11:16 schrieb Cyrille Berger Skott:

Dear fellow members of the community,
As you might be = aware, after months of discussions, it has been concluded that the best = solution is to split the community.
However, the split is going to = happen at application level. The maintainer of each application will be = asked to consult his fellow developers to decide in which group, A or B, = the application will lived. The other group is free to fork the = application under a different name. It is also possible for the = developers to change the application name and ask that the current name = is not used by any of the group. This can be used as an opportunity for = a fresh start.
Currently, to the best of my knowledge the groups are composed of = the following applications:
Group A: KWord
Group B: KPresenter, Krita, = Karbon, Kexi
Since the license give the right for a fork, I can already = mention that Group B will come with a fork of KWord, under a name that = has yet to be decided. Group A is free to fork any application of Group = B under a different name.
Maintainers have until Sunday October 31th to = decide with which group to go. Applications that have not choosen a = group will have to be renamed by each group.
The KDE e.V. board will be asked = to decide what happen to the KOffice name, the KOffice website, the = KOffice mailing list, KOffice.org, = KOffice wiki and the KOffice bugzilla product. The recommendation from = members of the CWG is to retire the name KOffice altogether, which will = allow both side to start on a fresh start and leave the past behind. = Then the application maintainers and developers of each group will have = one week to find a new name for their suite, and move to another place = in the KDE subversion tree and to rename or remove the applications that = are in the other group.
In the meantime, I am suspending the KOffice = release process, meaning that I will release Beta 3, but that the date = for the following release is undefined. The reason is that I do not feel = confident that the splitting will happen in time before the RC1, and I = do not think it is a good idea to ship a RC release that will get = different applications than the final release. If the splitting takes = more time, I will proceed with one more beta. I also advise each group = to ensure that they have a release coordinator.
I will urge = readers of this letter to:
1) refrain discussion around the splitting = outside the mailing list, or to do so in private conversation
2) acknowledge, = that at this point there is no sense in trying to place the blame = anywhere, we just have to accept the fact
3) remain civilised and polite in = this difficult moment
--
Cyrille Berger = Skott
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