[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: Re: Re: When will KDE 3.5 be marked as stable?

[Bart Braem <bart.braem@gmail.com>]

Caleb Tennis wrote:

> Get involved.  It's the only way you will truly understand the magnitude
> of a project like Gentoo.  KDE is a very small slice of the whole thing,
> and yet it still requires a LOT of time.  We're always looking for help.
> If you need a place to start, pick out a bug report and try and fix it.
> You might spend 3-4 hours chasing the answer.  3-4 hours.  Can you imagine
> sitting in front of your computer for 3-4 hours to solve a problem for
> someone you don't know for no compensation?  And you may never even figure
> it out!
> 
> So let's rephrase "why doesn't Gentoo have ZZZ" into "how can I help
> Gentoo have ZZZ?".  Become empowered.  That's what will keep the
> distribution great.
> 
> 
> Caleb
> 
> 
> My guess is that KDE 3.5.2 is probably ready for stabilization, but nobody
> has the time to do it at the moment.  That's purely a guess, though.  Feel
> free to open a stabilization tracker bug for it so we do have a place to
> discuss it.
> 
You know, that's why I came here. I opened a bug (#132213) where I suggested
to open a stabilization tracker bug if necessary and the bug was closed. I
was referred to this thread...
I feel that if more packages would have a stabilization tracker bug things
would be more clear for users. That would make it a lot easier to help
solve bugs. I users start asking for more stable packages you can refer
them to those bugs. And then they can help. And most probably I would help
more too. 
I don't have much spare time either, but if I want something done in my
distribution and I can help I would do that faster.

Bart

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