Posted Dec 28, 2007 23:21 UTC (Fri) by mattmelton (guest, #34842)
Parent article: Kubuntu LTS and KDE4
Synchronising the major and minor releases might be the problem here.
Maybe looking to have a standarised Ubuntu base (ie: 8.10) with LTS, and then a desktop major
minor - ie: "Ubuntu 8.10k4.0"... etc?
What we really want is a stable core system we can restore easily - ie: aaabase/glibc/binutils
etc. The neat stuff that progresses, such as the kernel, drivers and desktop don't have to
coincide with the static stuff.
The more I think about it, however, the more complicated it becomes. You quickly reach a point
where the time/money spent on maintaining separation out-weighs the time/money and dependancy
troubles in tracking beta apps as a whole.
I think KDE is fairly complete; I hope we shall, sooner rather than later, see people warm to
this completeness and realise that the wonderful new build system makes KDE much easier to
maintain.