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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: kdelibs coding style
From:       Maks Orlovich <mo85 () cornell ! edu>
Date:       2006-07-22 15:30:31
Message-ID: 200607221130.31368.mo85 () cornell ! edu
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On Thursday 20 July 2006 16:52, Thomas Zander wrote:
> On Thursday 20 July 2006 21:39, Maksim Orlovich wrote:
> > At any rate, I am very disappointed to see this. I always thought one
> > of the strengths of KDE was to let developers develop, without needless
> > rules forcing them all on the same page.
>
> Ruthless rules... Forcing...
> I'm mystified by your response. Really. 

Probably because you didn't read it right. Hint: I didn't use the word 
"ruthless". And as for forcing... well, that's what defines rules and not 
suggestions. If I can ignore it, it's not a rule.


> All this proposal is doing is making it feel that bit more official that
> this really is everyones code and that everyone will respect _everyone_
> else.  We have to do that by taking one coding style that may not b your

So the way to make it more official that this is everyone's code... is to 
apply a policy decided on by a small subset of KDE contributors?

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