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>> Have you ever wondered why KDE was deprecated in RHEL? It wasn't just because KDE Plasma 5 was so big that they couldn't make the jump for RHEL 8, it was als
by phkahler 3y ago
>> Have you ever wondered why KDE was deprecated in RHEL? It wasn't just because KDE Plasma 5 was so big that they couldn't make the jump for RHEL 8, it was also because people were not paying for RHEL for the desktop, so they had no budget for more people.
When you make code libraries or other "infrastructure" software it's important to be as stable as possible so your users don't have to constantly maintain compatibility. I suspect if it was easier to upgrade RH would have kept it KDE around. Same can be said for some of the Gnome updates too, and other software as well. "Maintenance" should be minimized particularly when people are working for free.