Hi Steve Nope, @kdemail.net is a alias given to KDE upstream contributors [1].
[1] http://kdemail.net/ Regards Rohan Garg On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Steve Stalcup <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this is kind of off topic, but does it seem to anyone else that an @ > kdemail.net addy is kind of like a fake @kde.org address? > > On Oct 13, 2011, at 10:17 AM, Markus Slopianka <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Donnerstag 13 Oktober 2011 17:30:28 Scott Kitterman wrote: > > > >> I don't know anyone involved in Kubuntu > >> development who considers shipping OOo/LO as anything other than a > workaround > >> for deficiencies in KOffice. > > > > LibreOffice without KDE integration works better than with it. Yet you > ship it and you are > > so proud that that buggy package was written by a Kubuntu dude. > > > >> What patches? We make a few configuration changes and add one widget to > the > >> default panel for Ayatana stuff. In some cases we shipped things a > release > >> before upstream did, but the patches are all upstream. > > > > There is still no Qt release that includes the appmenu patch which > entered Kubuntu in > > alpha or beta stage loooooong ago. > > Kubuntu defaulted to Raster rendering in Qt long before it was declared > stable in Qt > > (AFAIK only the upcoming Qt 4.8 version officially supports Raster). > > > >> I don't code in C++, so I am rather prevented. > > > > Well, others here do. > > > > > >> If it was going to take another year to get right, then it shoulnd't > have > >> been released. IMO upstream should release working software. > > > > Is that so? Bold words from a contributor to a distribution that is > widely known to have > > the worst KDE experience out there. > > Fedora and openSUSE chose to make Kontact work better by defaulting to > SQLite. > > Kubuntu OTOH can't even decide which package manager to use! My favourite > past choice of a > > package manager was Adept which entered Kubuntu in beta stage, never left > beta stage, and > > in the KDE4 version even crashed on dist-upgrades, leaving users with a > broken system if > > they didn't know how to resume the upgrade process via aptitude. Then > Kubuntu defaulted to > > KPackageKit (also at pre-1.0 stage) and now Muon which I have yet to try > but judging from > > Kubuntu's past decisions when it comes to package managers, it likely > sucks as well > > (although you use a post-1.0 version for a change). > > > > So, dear downstream. Instead of bitching against the community that > secures the income for > > some of you, better roll up your sleeves and start fixing bugs in Kontact > 4.8. > > > > -- > > kubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel >
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