[Mageia-dev] Qt-based software unusable under XFCE since almost 2 days

Sun Feb 19 13:19:50 CET 2012

Oliver Burger <oliver.bgr at ...> writes:
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+> I don't see the reason for this answer.
+> Michael is just trying to make sure, we don't have a unmaintained major DE.
+> Now, some maybe a bit harsh words on the developer mailing list - this 
+> is no user support list or forum or whatever - are far better, then 
+> having something like xfce unmaintained.
+> After all, what makes users run away: some not all that courteous mails 
+> on the -dev ml, whose existence they may or may not be aware of or a 
+> perhaps buggy, not updated, unmaintained desktop?
+> And if we keep a whole DE unmaintained in the repos, what does that say 
+> about overall package quality?
+> 
+> Oliver
+> 
+> 
+OK, you are right. Sorry.
+I wish ardently that Xfce remains maintained.
+For my part I participate in it as tester,
+where from my a little bit virulent reaction.
+
+This place is also, I think, the only place where it is possible
+to have a dialogue with developers.
+ (except bugzilla, but bugzilla is more specific)
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+