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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Unified document viewer, lack of communication
From:       Wilfried Huss <Wilfried.Huss () gmx ! at>
Date:       2005-06-04 17:09:03
Message-ID: 200506041909.03388.Wilfried.Huss () gmx ! at
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Am Saturday 04 June 2005 18:19 schrieb Aaron J. Seigo:
> On Saturday 04 June 2005 09:14, Stefan Kebekus wrote:
> > since Wilfried Huss and me have been working on a unified viewer for
> > quite a while now, and have already produced a good viewer, with a
> > well-documented API that already supports 3 file types.
>
> as i've been trying to explain to Wilfried, what kviewshell provides and
> what the bounty is looking for are two slightly different things. one is a
> "application that can morph into several types of viewers" and the other is
> "a viewer the supports several types of files".

I don't understand your point.

> > ...

> > Can we agree on a transition process that will preserve the work that I
> > plan to do in the next few monthes (good printing support for DJVU,
> > bookmark support for KDVI (mostly done), some more) will not be lost? Do
> > you already have a well-documented API that one could use? How much of
> > the API that I have documented recently do you plan to use?
>
> first, the person who takes on the bounty will be the final arbiter in what
> they decide to do. on top of that, their code may not even get finished or
> be good enough for inclusion, and no one may even take up that bounty. so
> this is a bit of "putting the cart before the horse".

Why do we need a bounty for something that is already worked upon?

> > Do you plan to keep that DCOP-interface of KDVI that is used, e.g. by
> > KILE? How do you plan to integrate forward/inverse search?
>
> these are design decisions that would be made largely by the person doing
> the work. as mentors, Zack and i would be responsible for ensuring that
> they have access to the right information and people. in this case, you'd
> be one of those people.
>
> but again, until we even have someone who's interested in this, we're
> jumping the gun and getting excited for no reason =)

Wilfried.
 
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