[kde-community] RFC: Distribution outreach program

2016-01-29 Thread Thomas Pfeiffer
Hi everyone, distributions are - and most likely will be for the foreseeable future - be the main channel by which users get our software. Therefore, we're eternally grateful for the job they are doing. However, it happens - too often for my taste - that users face problems while using our softw

Re: [kde-community] RFC: Distribution outreach program

2016-01-29 Thread Luca Beltrame
Il Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:06:14 +0100, Thomas Pfeiffer ha scritto: > I believe that we can improve the situation by intensifying our > cooperation with distributions even further. On the other hand, however, > distributions also have to do their part in order to make our software Some distros alread

Re: [kde-community] RFC: Distribution outreach program

2016-01-29 Thread Thomas Pfeiffer
On Freitag, 29. Januar 2016 16:44:49 CET Luca Beltrame wrote: > Il Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:06:14 +0100, Thomas Pfeiffer ha scritto: > > I believe that we can improve the situation by intensifying our > > cooperation with distributions even further. On the other hand, however, > > distributions also hav

Re: [kde-community] RFC: Distribution outreach program

2016-01-29 Thread Luca Beltrame
Il Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:09:23 +0100, Thomas Pfeiffer ha scritto: > Maybe the speed of upgrading as such is not the actual point. What I > care about is the speed with which bugfixes reach end users. If a The only way a distro that doesn't update to major version can cope with this is through patc