This is why I wish KDE still did LTS releases. Even though I use Wayland on my systems, I know it doesn't have feature parity with X11, and that some users may still need X11 for different reasons. If 95% of users are using Wayland, that means there's 5% that aren't, and 5% is not an insignificant number. I know there's other DEs that people can use if they need X11, but that's missing the point.
I really don't like this whole "march of progress, legacy can go to hell" mentality.
Carlos Solís
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mrbigmouth502
in reply to cm0002 • • •This is why I wish KDE still did LTS releases. Even though I use Wayland on my systems, I know it doesn't have feature parity with X11, and that some users may still need X11 for different reasons. If 95% of users are using Wayland, that means there's 5% that aren't, and 5% is not an insignificant number. I know there's other DEs that people can use if they need X11, but that's missing the point.
I really don't like this whole "march of progress, legacy can go to hell" mentality.
AudaciousArmadillo
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mrbigmouth502
in reply to AudaciousArmadillo • • •I'm aware, but doesn't the lack of an LTS for KDE make things difficult for Debian's maintainers?
EDIT: Wrote "thing" instead of "things" at first.
AudaciousArmadillo
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in reply to mrbigmouth502 • • •From the blog:
I don't hear this as "legacy can go to hell". They care about fixing remaining issues as much as possible.
At some point, that's a better use of time than maintaining two display servers forever.
minfapper
in reply to mrbigmouth502 • • •The problem is that nobody enjoys porting bugfixes to old LTS releases and thus won't volunteer to do it.
So, you either have to use some Enterprise OS that you pay a license to make people do it, or just miss out on bug fixes.
KDE community stopped releasing LTS versions when they realized they were doing the latter.