Martin Klapetek - 10.08.17, 12:34: > On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 3:24 AM, Martin Steigerwald <mar...@lichtvoll.de> > wrote: > > Martin Klapetek - 09.08.17, 16:12: > > > > But KDE is not a tech startup. As people correctly wrote, KDE has a > > > > very > > > > long > > > > history and contributors of all age. I'd rather be that than one of > > > > the > > > > many > > > > tech startups with a bunch of little to no experience but fancy new > > > > chat > > > > systems, to be honest. Do we really want and need to cater these > > > >mystical > > > > tweens so much? > > > > > > Yes. Old contributors will slowly fade away for various > > > reasons, be it life, be it lack of energy, be it other commitments. > > > Who's going to pick all those projects up after them? I'd like > > > to think that young enthusiasts with lots of energy and potential, > > > exactly what those heroes starting the original KDE were. > > > And I think we should strive to attract younger talent that can > > > be in it for the long run. > > > > Well, I wonder since reading several posts here about one thing: > > > > To from reading this post and other posts I got the impression that is > > absolutely needs to be black or white: > > > > *Either* IRC and nothing else *or* something new and nothing else. > > > > Seriously? > > > > I mean: Seriously? > > > > > > There has been almost completely unnoticed posts mentioning bridges. Is > > none > > of this bridges capable to work well enough for KDE community use cases? > > > > Why do you see the need to exclude either one of the groups? > > As you're quoting my email - where are you reading this? > That's not what I wrote at. all. I merely stated that we should > cater to younger engineers. Not once I suggested and will not > suggest to disregard the old timers. That was twisted in replies > following my email.
Martin, I noted a general impression I got from the thread. You are right, you didn´t write that. This either/or approach is what in my perception was in this thread since quite a while… probably not (always) explicitely written out… but between the lines. It might have been wiser to choose a different post – or even just don´t quote any post at all – to reply to with this. Sorry. Martin -- Martin