That's about 4.1. I think the developers either underestimated the amount of bugs an average user would run in to on the 4.0 release, or forgot to tell those responsible for communication about their concerns. The release caused a shit storm, hence the more careful expectation management around the 4.1 release.

That being said: I've been using KDE since the 1.x days, with only a short Ubuntu Unity-intermezzo around the 4.0 release. Most of that time, it's been great!

I remember seeing similar things before release of 4.0 in the social media, the bird site and other places.

However I neither have the time, nor the desire to dig these places, yet alone logon to them.

Of course my mind may be lying to me, as well.

Anyway, these days are over and KDE is better than ever, so it’s only nitpicking over some trivia.