Re: KDE 2.0 - suitable for a point release of Potato ??
some things to consider about potato having kde2
kde.tdyc.com's potato .deb's are compiled with GL support... potato doesn't
have any GL support other then mesa and if KDE (and QT) compiles against
mesa this kills all non-mesa users (especially nvidia users)...or we take out
GL support....which isn't a big deal.
My honest view is that it's not ready to be put into potato officially...there
are still a lot of bugs being worked out. In a few more weeks 2.0.1 will
be released...I'd say wait until after that and let's see how KDE 2.0.1
works as a whole then.
Ivan
Oe Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 06:44:41PM +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> A request for consideration: would it be possible to release a point
> release of Potato to include KDE 2.0 debs (as packaged at kde.tdyc.com)
>
> The reason is straightforward: there are people who woudl use Debian
> for all their Linux work if only it included KDE 2.0 as they perceive
> this to be the Linux killer app. They will use anything else if it
> includes KDE - but recognise that Debian is the correct choice in
> every other respect.
>
> We don't pander to our "customer base" - but the idea that the Debian
> project is anti-KDE is not helped by reviews (e.g. Linux magazine issue 2)
> which imply that Debian's stance on KDE was wrong and that it is a shame
> that it could not have been included in the Potato release.
>
> Given that the licence changes happened post-Potato release, there was
> no possibility that it could have been included at that time: could we
> release now as a Potato add-on ??
>
> Happily running Woody here - but can't convince others to follow my
> lead for production systems.
>
> Andy
>
> [PS. Who is responsible for tasksel / which is the most appropriate
> list for an tasksel wishlist discussion]
>
>
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