From kde-core-devel  Wed Jul 30 23:54:29 2003
From: Ingo =?iso-8859-1?q?Kl=F6cker?= <kloecker () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:54:29 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Qt 3.2 requirement
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On Wednesday 30 July 2003 12:10, Ralf Nolden wrote:
> <rant> Not to
> speak about the people who write that program, it's commonly known
> that the group of people working on kmail are regarded as a closed
> circle of people who let hardly leave any room for other people to
> join in through their barriers of bureaucracy. </rant>

Could you please stop spreading such FUD. It's true that I don't=20
appreciate half-cooked patches which cause more trouble than they are=20
worth because it's me (or one of the other regular KMail developers)=20
who has to fix those patches. Yes, I made Laurent stop contributing to=20
KMail. How? Well, he couldn't stand me reverting a wrongly working=20
patch that would have cost me too much time to fix. And he committed at=20
least two only partly working patches without giving us a chance to=20
review the patches first. Even we, the KMail core developers, often=20
send larger patches to the mailing list so that the others can have a=20
look at them before we commit. This definitely helps to keep the newly=20
introduced bugs to a minimum. If presenting a patch for review is a too=20
high barrier of bureaucracy for you then I pity you and I ask you why=20
very often people send patches to kde-core-devel instead of simply=20
committing them. Obviously those people don't have a problem with this=20
policy. People who send their patches to the list and who can stand a=20
little critique for their patches are always welcome. People who commit=20
larger changes (not bug fixes) without first presenting the patch are=20
not welcome.

BTW, you might want to check the first messages that Till Adam send to=20
the KMail mailing list and then you'll see that your rant is completely=20
inappropriate.

I'm really sorry, that I took this flame bait.

Regards,
Ingo


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