On 12/09/2014 01:24 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Tue, Dec 09, 2014 at 01:17:59PM -0500, Temlakos wrote:
> With the F21 release, they grudgingly let you upgrade with the
> "nonproduct" option.
I think you're projecting. Command line options do not hold grudges.
But designers of command-line programs do.
> But what happens with F22? Will they Shanghai all us KDE users and
> force us to switch to GNOME, or else get out of the Fedora
> community?
No. Why on earth would we want either of those things?
To rid yourselves of what you might consider a needless complication.
> Where is the option to specify KDE as a Product?
See:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora.next#What_makes_a_.22product.22.3F
and, older,
http://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-present-and-future-a-fedora-next-2014-up...
As for upgrading, there's no particular _reason_ to need a KDE-specific
option at this point, but if in the future the KDE SIG would like to
increase differentiation from the defaults in a way that would make it
useful, an option could be added.
By the way: the link I found to
spins.fedoraproject.org/ still has the
links for the old F20 spin torrents. Is that an oversight on someone's part?
Indeed: I read and understand what you wrote on those pages. I even read
what you wrote about a discussion either to create a specific Plasma
product, /or/ to invite the "KDE Sig" to take active roles in the
development of the Workstation project. I read what you wrote, but it's
not happening. What /is/ happening is a monumental disdain for any
desktop other than GNOME.
> I chose KDE for a reason: GNOME is just plain too confusing when it
> comes to "switching a user." For that reason, and a whole host of
> pleasant discoveries of how well KDE replicates another environment
> with which I am familiar, I chose KDE beginning with F12. And I
> never looked back.
Cool. KDE is great, the Fedora KDE community is awesome, and the Fedora
KDE spin is top-notch.
I agree. I just want to make sure the KDE spin is in no danger of
discontinuance.
Temlakos