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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Walt Mossberg
From:       "Jos Poortvliet" <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-09-21 18:16:53
Message-ID: 5c77e14b0709211116k2c76e363g5d91b9c652963c3c () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 9/21/07, James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj@acm.org> wrote:
> Ian Wadham wrote:
>
> > But KDE definitely does need polishing, judging by the cries for help that
> > echo through our house when my wife checks her email (KMail) and does
> > a bit of browsing (Firefox).
>
> KDE seems to remain 90% done.  More new stuff -- with new bugs -- is
> added as fast as bugs are fixed.
>
> To accomplish this polish is going to require an organized effort to do
> just that.
>
> > If KDE developers know what these problems are (in KDE apps and the
> > desktop), then please FIX them.  Whilst fixing them might be "boring",
> > knowing about them and not fixing them is unprofessional IMHO.  Sometimes
> > you have to do boring stuff to achieve a fully professional outcome.
>
> Yes indeed!
>
> IF the original developer isn't interested in fixing the bugs, then how
> should we accomplish this task?  New developers could be asked to join a
> team to hunt down and kill all of these little bugs (rough edges).
> Unfortunately, they are more likely to see a "help not wanted" sign and
> receive a suggestion that they not complain about something unless they
> can offer a patch, or it is suggested that they should start by writing
> their own application.  IIUC, this is the situation with Dolphin.  And,
> it seems to be the case with other core applications where instead of
> polishing the existing application, projects were started to write new ones.

Though you have a good point here, I think you shouldn't underestimate
the work which has gone in many current applications and libraries...
There sure where new projects, but the existing ones got a lot of love
as well. And it's not KDE 4.1 yet!

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> JRT
>
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