Gerald B. Cox wrote: > Thanks very much Rex for posting this so quickly. I would be interested > in understanding the reason people voted the way they did. The issue IMO > is that normally, when selecting a default you have well defined criteria > for making the decision. This assists in making sure that everyone is on > the same page and is making an objective decision. For example, as I > mentioned before I'm a big proponent of all things Chrome - but even if > the Chromium that exists in the Fedora repository was in a state that what > I would consider stable (it's not, IMO) I would still choose qupzilla in > this instance. It fits into what I believe would be the mission of the > KDE spin. +1 > Obviously, there is an extreme disconnect between what I believe the > mission to be, and the opinion of others. I believe the lack of clarity > is causing friction. There can be a big difference between personal > preference and adherence to a defined mission. Indeed. I also get the feeling that some voters are insisting on Firefox out of personal preference. > From the wiki: > > "The KDE SIG (Special Interest Group) is a group of Fedora contributors > that maintain KDE <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/KDE> packages in Fedora. > Their mission is to provide high-quality, usable KDE software packages to > Fedora users and developers and to support one another in maintaining > those packages." > > Granted, qupzilla is not an official KDE project, but it is definitely > using KDE based technologies. That tells me that all things considered, if > there is a browser that uses these technologies, and is functional - that > it should be favored over other contenders - unless there is a complelling > reason. Unless I'm missing something, I don't see that "compelling > reason". I agree completely. > Personal preference does outweigh a mission statement. I suppose you meant "does not" here, given the rest of your message, right? > What am I missing here? From an outsider looking in, it appears that > everyone is voting based upon different criteria and not adhering to the > mission statement. Voting members have a responsibility to be consistent > and objective. Right. This is exactly why I requested justification in the meeting, but the request was shot down. Kevin Kofler _______________________________________________ kde mailing list kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
