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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    don't flame kde
From:       Kuba Ober <kuba () mareimbrium ! org>
Date:       2002-04-29 20:50:55
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Hi All,

Every once in a while it happens that somebody flames kde development, for 
that it is open source and bazaar-style, that his/her's bugs are not 
resolved, etc.

Well, I have a nice story to share: the bank which issued my debit card has 
been rounding up the exchange rate (USD to PLZ) to the next highest integer 
PLZ since about two weeks. An obvious software bug. An easy fix in bazaar 
style programming would require possibly a 300 byte .patch file posted to the 
list, and those urgently affected would be able to patch their sources and 
recompile quickly.  Judging from my statements, they needed nearly two weeks 
to fix that -- the "fixup" transactions were recorded today. I wonder how 
long [how many angry customer calls] it took them to realize something was 
amiss. And it was a damned C one-liner (or something else -- big and gross, 
if it wasn't a one liner).

I like kde development style all right, thanks!

Cheers,
Kuba Ober
 
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