Rex Dieter (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rdieter) wrote,@ 2009-02-01 14:02:00 |
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Communication, processes, and ponies
Aaron, as usual, cuts through the crap.
First off... my apologies. Fedora didn't communicate plans and intentions clearly or loudly enough.
Fedora's mission and target audience is key: ... leading the advancement of free, open software.... While I've made light of the whole F9/KDE-4.0 thing in the past, It's still clear that "... if our efforts weren't publicized enough to land on your attention radar, I guess that's at least partially our fault."
I will also freely admit that the "process" by which we made the decision to ship as we did leaves a lot to be desired.
Fact is, there wasn't all that much process. We made the decision, and then worked our collective butts off to make it happen. Conspicuously absent was an analysis of the KDE-4.0 desktop experience, especially against previous KDE3 offerings... which seems to be a metric many folk use. Seems to be kind of "duh" thing to me now.
Sure, there was some short-term pain with the GA F9 release, but as planned and expected, the situation improved quickly over time with subsequent updates.
Live and learn.
Aaron, as usual, cuts through the crap.
First off... my apologies. Fedora didn't communicate plans and intentions clearly or loudly enough.
Fedora's mission and target audience is key: ... leading the advancement of free, open software.... While I've made light of the whole F9/KDE-4.0 thing in the past, It's still clear that "... if our efforts weren't publicized enough to land on your attention radar, I guess that's at least partially our fault."
I will also freely admit that the "process" by which we made the decision to ship as we did leaves a lot to be desired.
Fact is, there wasn't all that much process. We made the decision, and then worked our collective butts off to make it happen. Conspicuously absent was an analysis of the KDE-4.0 desktop experience, especially against previous KDE3 offerings... which seems to be a metric many folk use. Seems to be kind of "duh" thing to me now.
Sure, there was some short-term pain with the GA F9 release, but as planned and expected, the situation improved quickly over time with subsequent updates.
Live and learn.
