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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Shipping a cursor theme with KDE
From:       Tom Albers <tomalbers () kde ! nl>
Date:       2007-12-27 9:12:03
Message-ID: 2566969.BlkI2eM9U3 () kde ! nl
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Op woensdag 26 december 2007 19:51 schreef u:
> On Wednesday 26 December 2007 17:22:51 Dan Meltzer wrote:
> > As discussed recently on irc, I feel like it is far too late in the
> > release process to even considder committing something like this.  We
> > are ten days before a release, adding something this noticible to the
> > user with very few opportunities for them to provide feedback is very
> > irresonsible.  This should wait for 4.1 to allow for more testing and
> > feedback before a release.
> 
> As discussed recently on IRC, I repeat me once more stating that not including 
> something that might really improve the user experience with no drawbacks of 
> any kind is rather unwise. Deadlines are put there to stabilize the software, 
> not to block any kind of development.

Hi Riccardo, 

I've read the complete mail and I must say I'm not convinced. We are ~ten days before \
the release and this is not the time to add new features which in my humble opinion \
this is.  
> Besides, as it has been mentioned on numerous occasions that the 
> so-called ?freeze? does not affect artwork.

I do not agree, it should at least behave with respect to the release schedule. We \
have let the icon changes go in because we wanted it to be cleaned and sorted. \
Although that has broken some applications which were using the old icons. This was \
on the edge of acceptable. But seeing the work you all have put it in that was no \
problem. 

Anyhow, I think it is not the right time to add a mouse theme. Make it a patch for \
the distro's to pick up or make it available via Get Hot New Stuff  (?). I think we \
can make an exception for 4.0.1 - maybe -, but not for 4.0.0.

Toma



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