“The first news in this talk was that Kubuntu will not ship with
KDE 4 as the default version for the next two (!) Kubuntu
[releases]. This is due to the fact that the next version of
Kubuntu, Gutsy, will not include KDE 4 because it will not be ready
till then. The version after Gutsy would be totally perfect for KDE
4, however, this version will be a Long Time Support version. These
specific Ubuntu versions are released every 18 months are aiming at
long term stability. Therefore they only include packages which are
already in a pretty stable and reliable state. And Jonathan Riddell
mentioned that he does not believe that KDE 4 will reach that state
that far.“Sad, somehow, but since these releases are the business
releases of Ubuntu it is understandable…”
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