Xfce 4.14 released

Posted Aug 13, 2019 14:02 UTC (Tue) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
In reply to: Xfce 4.14 released by rsidd
Parent article: Xfce 4.14 released

So you don’t disagree anymore that Xfce has less resources. You are claiming that less resources doesn’t cause slower releases? OP absolutely did refer to both KDE and GNOME explicitly. Also I don’t really have any affiliation with any DE really. If anything I introduced the Xfce spin in Fedora and continue to use it where it makes sense. My point has nothing to do with personal preferences

Xfce 4.14 released

Posted Aug 13, 2019 14:16 UTC (Tue) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582) [Link] (5 responses)

I'm saying stable software doesn't need an army of developers. 9+6+occasional contributors is plenty.

As for my OP, here it is in full

4.10 in 2012, 4.12 in 2015, 4.14 in 2019. Proof, I think, that when something "just works" manically fast release cycles aren't needed. Typing this on an xfce+i3 setup.

In reply to which you scoffed at the number of developers. If you think any reference to KDE or Gnome was explicit: no. If you think it is implicit: touchiness case made. I was thinking of a large number of other (non-desktop-environment) projects whose release cycles I do follow; I haven't kept track of KDE or Gnome in years.

Xfce 4.14 released

Posted Aug 13, 2019 14:24 UTC (Tue) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link] (4 responses)

We disagree that the slow release process is deliberate. No evidence for that. The comment I replied to directly did mention both GNOME and KDE explicitly and negativity. I didn’t bring it up first. You are making the case that the poster is being touchy. Not me.

Xfce 4.14 released

Posted Aug 13, 2019 14:38 UTC (Tue) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582) [Link] (3 responses)

Er... Scroll up. You replied directly to my post, saying it's cos they haz no developers.

Xfce 4.14 released

Posted Aug 13, 2019 14:50 UTC (Tue) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link] (2 responses)

No I replied to both. My reply did you not bring up other DE at all not did I say that it has no developers. The other poster did bring up both DE first and I was replying directly to that. You are just confused about threading

Xfce 4.14 released

Posted Aug 13, 2019 14:56 UTC (Tue) by rsidd (subscriber, #2582) [Link] (1 responses)

Wow, just wow.

What you wrote (just scroll up) in its entirety:

>Seems more like proof that Xfce just doesn't have a whole lot of developers active in that project. That might just work out to be fine for the Xfce userbase but let's not equate it to some deliberately slow release process

Xfce 4.14 released

Posted Aug 13, 2019 15:00 UTC (Tue) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

Yes. I know what I said. That reply to you does not refer to other DEs at all. It was solely focused on Xfce. It does not say that Xfce has no developers either