On 11/11/2016 11:32 AM, Luigi Toscano wrote: >> Will we still release the KDE4 platform for not-yet-ported extragear >> > applications (Amarok etc.) with 17.12? >> > >> > If we stop releasing it, then we should also move all unported >> > applications to 'unmaintained'. Any developer willing to port can >> > surrect it from there. > I don't see a direct connection. This discussion is about KDE Applications, > and while I totally agree on having extragear applications ported as well as > soon as possible and we should try to see which active applications are still > unported, forcing them from not being released is a bit too much (i.e. they > could release bugfixes for kdelibs4 versions, for example). >
+1 for rational bug fixes instead of stopping release of unported apps that will keep the backlash and howls to a minimum. Apps like kuser, definitely need some TLC as launching kuser from kickoff currently results in: Application: KUser (kuser), signal: Aborted Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1". [KCrash Handler] #4 0x00007f79f27b204f in raise () at /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #5 0x00007f79f27b347a in abort () at /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #6 0x00007f79f314344d in qt_message_output(QtMsgType, char const*) () at /usr/lib/libQtCore.so.4 #7 0x00007f79f49ec79c in () at /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5 #8 0x00007f79f4a4541a in () at /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5 #9 0x00007f79f4a45df2 in KApplication::KApplication(bool) () at /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.5 #10 0x00000000004136dc in () #11 0x00007f79f279f291 in __libc_start_main () at /usr/lib/libc.so.6 #12 0x000000000041394a in _start () -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
