Re: Plasma desktop unusable in stretch
Am Mittwoch, 2. September 2015, 22:46:12 schrieb Matthias Bodenbinder:
> Am 02.09.2015 um 19:50 schrieb Gary Dale:
> > I know I've been using Debian for a long time. That's why I'm amazed that
> > something this bad is being put into testing. When KDE4 came along, it at
> > least was fairly stable and usable (if incomplete) before it was moved to
> > testing. If I wanted bleeding edge software that didn't necessarily work,
> > I would be running sid or pulling stuff from experimental.
> >
> > As your quote says "Those criteria should ensure a good quality for
> > packages within testing." Putting out a broken desktop can in no way be
> > considered "good quality". I run testing because I want to test software,
> > not to get mad at the developers who volunteer their time to get the
> > packages ready for prime time. In this case the process seems to have
> > misfired by bringing us the Plasma desktop when it is nowhere near ready.
> >
> > This is the third time in the last few weeks that I've been forced to use
> > Gnome because KDE couldn't do even basic desktop stuff. I suggest that
> > testing should revert to KDE4, if that is possible, and wait until KDE5
> > achieves some level of stability before inflicting it on us again. Let
> > the brave souls who run sid do what they, not I, signed up for.
> I 100% support that statement. On the debian wiki
> (https://wiki.debian.org/DebianTesting) it says:
>
> Packages from Debian Unstable enter the next-stable testing distribution
> automatically, when a list of requirements is fulfilled: [...] The package
> does not introduce new release critical bugs.
So and now *who* reports these?
Then rethink from there.
Thanks,
--
Martin
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