Dear KDE Team, I just wanted to tell that I''m currently thinking about leaving the KDE team, especially because I lately use less and less parts of KDE, and even don''t use it as my main DM anymore. I''ve lost quite a lot of interest in KDE as a whole. I''ll keep up with you until etch is out, and I think that I''ll leave the team officialy at that point. I''ll just follow a bit to ensure that our packages in etch remain of good quality. I''m also still available to sponsor uploads to anyone I already do, so that there is no upload power loss. Thanks a lot for the almost 2 years I had working on kde packages, I know there is a lot of skilled and motivated people to follow up, so I''m not worried ! Cheers, -- ?O? Pierre Habouzit ??O madcoder@debian.org OOO http://www.madism.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-kde-talk/attachments/20061212/2f75be19/attachment.pgp
At Tuesday 12 December 2006 14:33, you wrote:> I just wanted to tell that I''m currently thinking about leaving the > KDE team, especially because I lately use less and less parts of KDE, > and even don''t use it as my main DM anymore. I''ve lost quite a lot of > interest in KDE as a whole.That''s awfull! Can you explain a bit more? Toma
On Tue, Dec 12, 2006 at 03:08:51PM +0100, Tom Albers wrote:> At Tuesday 12 December 2006 14:33, you wrote: > > I just wanted to tell that I''m currently thinking about leaving the > > KDE team, especially because I lately use less and less parts of KDE, > > and even don''t use it as my main DM anymore. I''ve lost quite a lot of > > interest in KDE as a whole. > > That''s awfull! > > Can you explain a bit more?technically, I''m just fed up with most of the application I liked in KDE some time ago. kmail is a big POS (just look at the size of this monster) that just segfaults too much, I now use my own mutt. I did used kopete a lot, but I prefer to use bitlebee. and so on. The sole appliactions I still use are konqueror and akregator. I firmly believe that you can''t really (and it''s especially true for KDE) package software you don''t use. The point is KDE is past a point where it has too many functionalities that I don''t use and that makes it unstable for my daily usage, or make the functionnalities I use barely usable. Maybe I''ll reconsider for KDE4 ? nothing is lost forever, but well, atm I''ve just lost faith. But like said, I remain available to help for sponsoring and uploads, so that our NM''s still can do their job ;) -- ?O? Pierre Habouzit ??O madcoder@debian.org OOO http://www.madism.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-kde-talk/attachments/20061212/faf06a24/attachment.pgp
Op di 12 dec 2006 16:32 schreef u:> technically, I''m just fed up with most of the application I liked in > KDE some time ago. kmail is a big POS (just look at the size of this > monster) that just segfaults too much, I now use my own mutt.hehe. As Author of Mailody, I can not argue with that ;-)> I firmly believe that you can''t really (and it''s especially true for > KDE) package software you don''t use. The point is KDE is past a point > where it has too many functionalities that I don''t use and that makes it > unstable for my daily usage, or make the functionnalities I use barely > usable. Maybe I''ll reconsider for KDE4 ? nothing is lost forever, but > well, atm I''ve just lost faith. > > But like said, I remain available to help for sponsoring and uploads, > so that our NM''s still can do their job ;)Okay thanks for the info and your work up to now.. Toma
On Tuesday 12 December 2006 08:33, Pierre Habouzit wrote:> I just wanted to tell that I''m currently thinking about leaving the > KDE team, especially because I lately use less and less parts of KDE, > and even don''t use it as my main DM anymore. I''ve lost quite a lot of > interest in KDE as a whole. > > I''ll keep up with you until etch is out, and I think that I''ll > leave the team officialy at that point. I''ll just follow a bit to > ensure that our packages in etch remain of good quality. I''m also > still available to sponsor uploads to anyone I already do, so that > there is no upload power loss. > > Thanks a lot for the almost 2 years I had working on kde packages, > I know there is a lot of skilled and motivated people to follow up, > so I''m not worried !It''s sad to hear that you''re leaving the team, but I understand that interests change (and KDE has changed as well, as you say). Thanks for all the fantastic work that you''ve done! As for me, I thought I should mention (for those not always on IRC) that I too will be more or less leaving the Debian/KDE team with the release of Etch (the last two months I haven''t done much anyway). I still really like KDE, but my life has changed, and I just don''t have as much time to commit to Debian as I used to. I''d really like to keep working with the team, but it just isn''t possible. I''m really glad to see that new members are becoming active, to help replace MadCoder and I. Certainly during the last couple of months everyone has been doing great work, so I''m confident that the team has a bright future, and I certainly hope that you all continue to enjoy working on KDE. I''ll still be a DD, and maintain a couple of small packages, and perhaps once in a while I''ll drop in and try to lend a hand with KDE. And if anyone ever needs a sponsored upload for anything, send me mail and I''ll be happy to help ASAP. Also, I''ve sometimes been a bit lazy about documentation, so if there is any anything in the KDE packaging that you think I''ve done, and that you have a question about, don''t hesitate to ask me about it. There might also be some administrative details about the Alioth site, SVN access, etc. that you have questions about. Again, just ask! Cheers and good luck, Chris P.S. Ana, the new site looks good! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 249 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-kde-talk/attachments/20061212/fdc6d3df/attachment.pgp