2009/6/27 Kevin Kofler <kevin.kof...@chello.at> > Guido Grazioli wrote: > >>From wikipedia: > > "Version 8.0 was also the second to include the > > Bluecurve<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluecurve> desktop > > theme <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_%28computing%29>. It used a > > common theme for GNOME-2 and KDE 3.0.2 desktops, as well as > > OpenOffice-1.0. KDE members did not appreciate the change, claiming that > > it was not in the best interests of KDE." > > How's the history of Bluecurve relevant for the state of KDE in current > Fedora? Bluecurve isn't even the default anywhere in Fedora anymore! And > the state of KDE has changed a lot between RHL 8 and now. In particular, > KDE is now maintained by a community SIG (also including 3 RH folks), not > by a single person at RH. And the decisions are now taken by the SIG, not > RH. The RH employees work with our SIG the same way we volunteers do, they > don't get instructions dictated from above. And FWIW I still use Bluecurve, > I even ported it to KDE 4 (see Quarticurve) and I don't see what's wrong > with it. > > Kevin Kofler >
Yep, bluecurve is not guilty here. The actor and the locations changed, but what is always the same is that "an actor" wants a default desktop/theme for rh/fedora, "another" feels hurt and wants no default, while the "folks" thinks thats irrelevant, because they are *not* "ignorant masses". The paradox here is that if fedora has to feed ignorant masses, you want a default desktop > > -- > fedora-devel-list mailing list > fedora-devel-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list > -- Guido Grazioli <guido.grazi...@gmail.com> Via Parri 11 48011 - Alfonsine (RA) Mobile: +39 347 1017202 (10-18) Key FP = 7040 F398 0DED A737 7337 DAE1 12DC A698 5E81 2278 Linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/guidograzioli
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