When will KDE4 get a desktop like in KDE3.x ?

[Chris Snook]

Linuxguy123 wrote:
> Here is a comment from a recent KDE4.2 review:
> 
> ============================================================================
> The Desktop
> Plasma has most goals listed for inclusion in KDE4.2, followed closely
> by KWin. Currently Plasma behaves somewhat unstable and can crash while
> managing the plasmoids. With the default “plasmoid” desktop setting, we
> can add the plasmoids, but the files/icons are not supported, KDE3’s
> style.
> ===========================================================================
> 
> http://polishlinux.org/kde/quick-look-at-kde-42-svn/
> 
> 
> Why can't we have files and icons on the desktop, ala KDE3.x ?

Because you haven't implemented it yet.

KDE 4 was released as it was because most of the interesting work required to 
make a maintainable next-generation desktop environment were done, and there was 
no other way to force developers to get around to the important but boring work 
of porting existing features to the new architecture.  Fedora and other 
fast-moving distributions adopted KDE 4 for this very reason.

I'm sure the KDE developers would welcome your patches.

-- Chris