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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] rpmsrate & task-kde discussion: default KDE desktop
From:       Buchan Milne <bgmilne () mandriva ! org>
Date:       2007-02-14 13:25:29
Message-ID: 200702141525.37501.bgmilne () mandriva ! org
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On Tuesday 13 February 2007, Frederik Himpe wrote:
> I did a Cooker installation last week (both KDE and Gnome desktops), and I
> have some comments about the choice of applications which were installed by
> default. I have strongly the impression that rpmsrate does need some
> serious clean-up, to reflect the state of applications today.
>
> Anyway, here are my comments about KDE applications which were installed by
> default.
>
> 1. In a default KDE applications, there are at least 3 different picture
> viewers installed (4 if you also count Digikam/Showfoto). This is really
> too much:
> kdegraphics-kuickshow (task-kde)
> kdegraphics-kview (rpmsrate)
> gwenview (rpmsrate)
> digikam (rpmsrate: digikamimageplugins kipi-plugins)
>
> Please only keep gwenview and digikam: they are the only ones which are
> being actively maintained, and have the best features and user interfaces.

[...]

> 8. kdeaccessibility: while this program can be useful, even necessary, for
> some people, it is not to lots of other people. As the same problem happens
> in Gnome, I would propose to create a seperate category in the installer,
> which the user can check or uncheck, depending on his needs.


9. Please install kpdf by default (if this hasn't been done yet)


-- 
Buchan Milne
B.Eng,RHCE(803004789010797),LPIC-2(LPI000074592)

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