I don't really want to get involved in this discussion. I don't use KDE, I
don't even use Fedora Desktop anymore. But there is one argument resp. strategy that
triggers me:
Am 07.02.2024 um 10:44 schrieb Michel Lind
<salimma(a)fedoraproject.org>:
- KDE SIG likely also want people to test Wayland, so defaulting to the
X11 packages being removed makes sense here
If KDE Sig wants to attract users to Wayland, then the only good strategy is to make
Wayland better than the previous way (i.e. Xorg) and promote that fact actively. Then
people will be motivated to switch by themselves. Simply banning or deleting something
will only alienate people and they will switch in frustration to another alternative, i.e.
distribution in our case. This is a simple fact that can be found in all behavioral and
political sciences.
Unfortunately, some Fedora maintainers seem to take their cue from the missionaries and
conquistadors of the 16th and 17th centuries and try fire and sword and coercion. A bad
strategy in a free world.
If I remember Matthew's Fedora status report on Flock last year correctly, the
download and user numbers of Fedora Desktop are/were declining. Perhaps this is another
reason to think about appropriate strategies.
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