Regular users happy with KDE 4.4.0 SC?

Anne Wilson cannewilson at googlemail.com
Wed Feb 24 17:41:24 UTC 2010


On Wednesday 24 February 2010 16:02:02 Rex Dieter wrote:
> On 02/24/2010 09:48 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> >> So far KDE 4.4 has worked for me, but in the past I've had several
> >> serious problems with KDE apps (including Amarok and the Desktop
> >> Switcher) because newer versions don't properly understand old config
> >> files. When I've raised the point on this list the reaction is on the
> >> lines of "it's too hard to do properly".
> > 
> > Well, the main thing is, it's not our job as distro packagers to do this,
> > complain to upstream about breaking configuration compatibility (which is
> > basically data loss)!
> 
> I wouldn't go pointing fingers, we're all responsible to some degree.
> 
> Patrick's premise is right though, it *is* hard.
> 
In fairness, too, if they hadn't included the virtuoso update there would have 
been plenty of people to scream 'they had the update and knew it was important 
- why didn't they ship it?'  Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

Anne
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