Re: [Cooker] COOKER Warning - KDE will get a big breakge in next few days... ...for good !

[Robert Fox]

On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 20:49 -0300, Helio Chissini de Castro wrote:
> Yo !!
> 
> We, the suici^h^h^hhappy KDE team inform you that your cooker is sayn bye bye 
> for kde3 as mainstream kde desktop, and he will get their retirement in their 
> new home, /opt/kde3.
> Our old good friend will still be working, but his more advanced, becoming in 
> shape child, a.k.a. as KDE 4, will take his place for good.
> 
> Yes, is about time, is a big change and we know we will have a tough time in 
> next few months. I was the first one to try kde4 as a full day by day 
> envorinment after 2008.1, and i consider basic services and part of the 
> desktop ready for production. 
> Is the part that is not ready that will calling all you that want test/try to 
> point failures,  and even give solutions.
> We need listen everyone now in this matter.
> 
> Just a small FAQ before start the usual unadvised complains/cries/etc..:
> 
> * Question: Can we move back from KDE 3, KDE 4 in incomplete, they lied to us 
> about the desktop experience, you are doing the wrong move.
> short answer: NO
> long answer: We took the decision, we're talked among us, we have straight 
> relationship with kde development, and first of all, we're not alone. Like 
> pulseaudio, is our breakthrough. We're not anymore over the wall.. We just 
> ask a little patience.
> 
> * Question: Can we will run kde3 and kde4 applications. In the past this was a 
> mess.
> Only short answer: YES
> 
> * Question: The distro XyZ have a KDE working better than yours. You 
> s**k.. :-)
> Long answer: Well, actually sometime we really  :-). And yes, we know there 
> are intelligent life beyond the mdv land. Way more intelligent than us in 
> many ways sometimes. So, when youy saw this intelligent development in the 
> neighbourhood grass, pleas collect the seeds, the way they did and all the 
> possible cultivation methods to allow us replicate and made our grass greener 
> as our fellows other developers. And we will be happy because open source 
> wins, not only us.
> What you not have the right is just say, you are bad, they are better without 
> give reasons and help us to solve our badness
> 
> * Question: I LOST MY DESKTOP !!
> Only answer: Do you know what cooker means, right ?
> 
> Thanks to pay attention on this and wish us luck !!
> 
> Helio, in a good mood day before receive the rocks 
> 

Thanks for the heads up!!  You will say when it is "safe" again to use
Cooker - Right??

Thx,
R.Fox