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