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Re: Technical objection to KDE double-click default in Debian 13 - Request for corrective action before release



Hello,

Lucy, you are piling rhetoric over rhetoric, that won't make a fruitful
discussion.

Lucy, le mer. 23 juil. 2025 12:01:59 +0200, a ecrit:
> Debian has never just been “a Linux distro.” It has always stood for
> deliberation, control, and the ability to resist upstream when needed.

That's not what the social contract says. It says “Our priorities are
our users and free software”. What is best for our users? Stay with a
default that nobody else uses, and thus surprise our users, even making
them make mistakes? Or provide a default that suits most people, while
*making sure to keep* the way to change it as *some* people prefer.

Another example was mentioned on IRC: focus-follows-mouse. Various
people are using it, for efficiency reasons (I am among them, I can't
see myself work another way). But it won't even come to our mind to
propose this as a default, because that would surprise a *lot* of our
users.

Yes, the switching decision of KDE is a tough one. But as explained by
Aurélien, following it or not *was* discussed in Debian, and the
conclusion was to follow. Sorry that you dislike it, but you're very
welcome to set a kdeglobals snippet in your home, and be done with the
whole question.

Samuel


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