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KDE Developer Quits
Jul 4, 2008, 00 :00 UTC (28 Talkback[s]) (13789 reads)

(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"Being grumpy is almost part of the job description for developers.

"Recently though several KDE developers came right out and asked, 'Does KDE even need (certain) users?' While, Troy Unrau, a KDE developer and perhaps best known as the author of stories for KDE News, opened this can of worm by saying 'This is a rant,' it was soon taken in earnest. Unrau's opinion was quickly seconded by another KDE developer, Jason Harris, who said, 'KDE, like many other open-source projects, doesn't really need users at all, whether they are poisonous or not.' Instead, both Unrau and Harris wanted to see KDE get more developers..."

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It is sad to see a developer leave. And  ...   Childish ranters suceeded   
john Kloosterman
Jul 4, 2008, 05:28:02
 
but it seems to me that SJVN has lost it ...   I did not bother to click on the link   
Jo Řiongen
Jul 4, 2008, 06:04:51
 
I was trying to find the story here, but ...   SJVN Trolling for Hits Again   
Segedunum
Jul 4, 2008, 11:32:43
 
striving for more page hits with his "an ...   There SJVN goes.... again...   
GreyGeek
Jul 4, 2008, 19:33:29
 
Troy took leave to work on his masters t ...   full story of Troy's departure   
Aaron Seigo
Jul 4, 2008, 20:04:17
 
 ... it is a sad day that some ranting i ...   Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
GreyGeek
Jul 4, 2008, 20:46:35
 
>  For commercial Linux houses like Nove ...   Re: Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
Morty
Jul 4, 2008, 21:17:11
 
 Troy took leave to work on his masters  ...   Re: full story of Troy's departure   
GreyGeek
Jul 4, 2008, 21:24:34
 
> When I read Tony's "Hiatus" messag ...   Re: Re: full story of Troy's departure   
Tony OBryan
Jul 4, 2008, 22:08:24
 
> It is sad to see a developer leave. An ...   Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
blackbelt_jones
Jul 4, 2008, 22:43:16
 
 You mean Troy, I presume.  :)Rats!   Ye ...   Re: Re: Re: full story of Troy's departure   
GreyGeek
Jul 5, 2008, 00:19:51
 
"> Consider this:  The QT4 widget set, b ...   Re: Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
Shamar
Jul 5, 2008, 07:33:37
 
So, all you anti-KDE4 ranters who seem t ...   Okay, sounds good.   
blackbelt_joones
Jul 5, 2008, 16:17:35
 
  Can you explain me why KDE 4 with its  ...   Re: Re: Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
GreyGeek
Jul 5, 2008, 18:37:54
 
I have made quite a lot of programming w ...   Re: Re: Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
Segedunum
Jul 5, 2008, 19:23:50
 
Blah, blah, blah, blah, KDE is in crisis ...   Well, enjoy yourself then.   
blackbelt_jones
Jul 6, 2008, 05:10:51
 
> I have made quite a lot of programming ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
Shamar
Jul 6, 2008, 07:59:11
 
> gulong g_signal_connect( gpointer *obj ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
Shamar
Jul 6, 2008, 16:56:15
 
Not at all. XML libraries follow the sam ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
Segedunum
Jul 6, 2008, 20:43:44
 
> > So, all you anti-KDE4 ranters who se ...   Re: Okay, sounds good.   
blackbelt_jones
Jul 7, 2008, 03:27:38
 
As someone who even replied to your post ...   Re: Re: Okay, sounds good.   
Luca Beltrame
Jul 7, 2008, 12:13:27
 
So I guess you lost the post I sent a ha ...   ARGGHHH!   
blackbelt_jones
Jul 7, 2008, 15:04:02
 
> Rubbish. The only framework that gives ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Childish ranters suceeded   
Shamar
Jul 7, 2008, 15:12:30
 
The whole KDE 4.0 debacle reminds me of  ...   It sucks so far, so what?   
Jim
Jul 7, 2008, 17:07:03
 
> So I guess you lost the post I sent a  ...   Re: ARGGHHH!   
Torsten Rahn
Jul 7, 2008, 18:28:33
 
blackbelt_ones wrote:> So I guess you lo ...   Re: ARGGHHH!   
Robert Osfield
Jul 7, 2008, 18:42:05
 
In the spirit of responsibility, I have  ...   Humbled   
blackbelt_jones
Jul 7, 2008, 21:36:08
 
I actually had trouble finding what you& ...   Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Childish ranters sucee   
Segedunum
Jul 7, 2008, 22:18:26
 
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