Talk:KDE Software Compilation 4/Archive 1

message: This article and the main KDE article have inconsistent KDE4 release dates. Likewise, from reading the official word: http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-4.0-release-plan.html, the only factual information available is the technical preview in Oct 2006. That might result in a Fall 2006 release date (unlikely) or an early 2007 release date (more likely), but this is all pure speculation. I think some rewriting is due for both articles, to read something like:
"KDE 4 is the next major release of the K Desktop Environment software. Although a release date has not been determined, a technical preview will be available in October 2006." This feels like an important change to this relatively short article, so I'm looking for opinions before making the change. --Philipacamaniac 09:50, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds like a good change.  I imagine that the discrepancies on the release timeline might be due to inclusion of the sort of vague estimates thrown about in various semi-official places (such discussions on IRC, the dot, developer blogs, etc.)  For now, using the information from the official release plan is probably the best option here.  If more recent release information becomes available from a different (but reliable) source, we can always put that in later.  The important thing is that we make sure it's citable and not speculation.  — Jeff | (talk) | 01:19, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I just changed it to inlude information from an interview with one of the developers about the release date. I cited it as well, but probably should have asked if there were any objections here first. Are there any? — reldruH | 21:23, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release Date 

message: I've added the section as you can see, mainly just the same stuff that's on the main KDE article.
Feel free to change it around and add to it, I haven't used KDE4 yet (and won't until it's official release) so i don't want to put in too much information about it, and would rather not chase around places to cite just to add some more stuff I don't even know about yet so hopefully someone who has used KDE4 can add to this soon.
I've also replaced the current status section with what I think is a tidier looking one, though feel free to revert if you disagree.
And I made the release schedule into a table instead of a list
Is there a wikiproject for KDE? Seems like a big project and many of the articles about KDE-related technology are stubs and could use some organised clean-up.
Happysmileman 20:51, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added planned updates section 

message: What exactly are "grave bugs" as mentioned on the release schedule? I can't find the term "grave bug" on Wikipedia, Wictionary, or Urban Dictionary. --Explodicle 21:43, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Eh... bugs that are grave, perhaps? I'd hardly consider it an uncommon word. 193.190.253.144 23:40, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh ok. I thought it was a special term or something. --Explodicle 15:25, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grave bugs? 

message: It was sorely lacking in information, and saying everything in bullets would get a write this in prose tag in 10 seconds flat. Any objections?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Skeith (talk • contribs) 15:08, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrote major updates 

message: This article only mentions KDE since 4.0. Yet, the DE existes for over a decade. Where is the history? --Mecanismo | Talk 19:51, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: In the KDE article. Gareth Aus (talk) 06:59, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Where's the history? 

message: Since KDE 4 is now out, I think this article should be merged with KDE. - Sikon (talk) 04:55, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I've since thought about it, and I think we should reorganize the main KDE article akin to the GNOME and Xfce (I was promoting splitting the articles up, but that doesn't seem like the best solution now). Right now its a bit of a mess. I think mimicking the xfce article would be a good start, with the history and popular applications. We should also mention that KDE 4 is uses many more of the freedesktop.org standards.Skeith (talk) 15:34, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

text: I agree with both having articles for each KDE version and a cleanup of the main article.Alecsescu (talk) 10:56, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: KDE 1,2,3 articles should only be created if there is the content for them, as there is enough content to warent a kde4 article then this article should be kept. my $0.02  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.192.193 (talk) 11:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge (again) 

message: The link to the website hosting the KDE 4 packages for OS X, listed under external links as 'KDE 4 for Mac OS X' seems to be down. It's been down for at least a day, possibly more.
1) Does anyone know why?
2) Has the website moved or been closed?
3) What should be done with this link?
Jackster (talk) 16:27, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to the OS X website 

message: Seriously, those first two screenshots look like ***. Would it be ok if I took two more classy looking ones to replace them? KDE c a n look very nice, but everytime I see that "official" shot, I have to cringe. And the rotating penguin widget with the psychedelic purple background ... that was supposed to be a joke, right? On top of that, by clicking on the image you get a horrible quality. What would possibly be one's first impression of KDE, seeing that? 137.250.126.47 (talk) 12:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: First two Screenshots

message: The new KDE 4.2 section is basically an ad. I don't feel comfortable editing this text because I'm an expert on KDE nor Wikipedia. Instead of being bold, I'm going to have to be italic, please change the KDE 4.2 section, thanks. - 145.93.224.44 (talk) 09:39, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  KDE 4.2 section 

message: I think KMail 2.0 was postponed to KDE SC 4.6, so it shouldn't appear in the KDE SC 4.5 section. --Aliuken (talk) 12:53, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  KMail 2.0