From kde-core-devel  Mon Jul 24 10:50:51 2006
From: Thomas Zander <zander () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:50:51 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: kdelibs coding style
Message-Id: <200607241250.52096.zander () kde ! org>
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On Monday 24 July 2006 12:19, Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> So please get one other thing clear: There were some emails suggesting
> discussing the style to pick (or if at all). With serious thoughts.
> Thoughts that would like to be answered. And also were by serious
> defenders of the proposal.
>
> > Like I mentioned it's either all or nothing. Which with a minimal set
> > of cognitive skills you should be able to figure out, means: either
> > we'll accept the style that is already well defined (Qt style) or
> > freaking never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever (a few
> > more evers maybe) agree on a common style.
>
> With a minimal set of social skills you should be able to figure out
> that this does not work with KDE's (previous) development and
> discussion style. =C2=A0Come on, did you really think so?

The proposal was made in a very clear way to _avoid_ discussing=20
particularities.
We either use pick a pre-made one, or we don't.  Thats not Zacks forcing=20
anything, thats just experience with lots of developers that each have=20
his/her own tastes.

So, I think you should recognize Zack has a lot more social experience=20
then you give him credit for. If only by the fact of recognizing that the=20
only way to get this done is by sidestepping the discussion of style.=20
That's much to emotionally laden to get consensus on. I hope that fact=20
has become clear to more people by now.

I fully support his actions in this thread, and I think its a shame that=20
there were so many people who basically ignored his wise words and went=20
on discussing the actual style anyway. Killing this proposal from getting=20
a meritocratic Ok in the process.
=2D-=20
Thomas Zander

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