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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE 3 cvs version: I despair slowly !
From:       Dirk Mueller <mueller () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-10-30 15:43:09
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On Die, 30 Okt 2001, ian reinhart geiser wrote:

> <rant>
> And why would anyone be using KDE 3.0 cvs on a machine that they needed to 
> get work done on anyway?  I mean if you are insane enough to think that you 
> can do real work on a code base that is constantly shifting then you really 
> should not mind losing your prefs once a week.  I understand the slushdot 
> newbie fascination with running the latest and greatest but common, until KDE 
> libs is frozen again, I would not have KDE 3.0 cvs installed on anything but 
> a test box so I can try and help with this...
> </rant>

<rant>
The reason is quite simple in fact. I'm very uncomfortable with somebody 
committing or developing a code base that they don't use on their own. I 
guess the common phrase "Eat your own sh*t!" expresses this better than 
anything else. 

For more elaboration on the topic, 

http://joel.editthispage.com/stories/storyReader$341

is worth to be read. 

</rant>


Dirk
 
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