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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: feedback; bug reports
From:       David Jarvie <lists () astrojar ! org ! uk>
Date:       2007-11-11 2:56:46
Message-ID: 200711110256.47706.lists () astrojar ! org ! uk
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On Saturday 10 November 2007 20:55:36 James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> David Faure wrote:
> > On Thursday 08 November 2007, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> >>> If you don't want two modes, you are free to use only one of them for
> >>>  everything.
> >>
> >> Actually, I can't do this because of the fact that these two modes are
> >> in the code.  This is a poor design.
> >
> > Thanks for the kind words,
>
> Nothing kind or unkind intended by an objective statement about how to
> best design things.  As long as developers have too much ego invested in
> their code, this makes it difficult to improve it.

But it isn't _necessary_ to be so blunt about things, and to word it as if 
your opinion cannot be questioned. It's _your_opinion_ that it's poor design, 
not necessarily an objective fact. Even if you're right about it, it could 
easily be said in a kinder way. one doesn't have to have a lot of ego 
invested in something to be upset by this way of saying things.

-- 
David Jarvie.
KAlarm author and maintainer.
http://www.astrojar.org.uk/kalarm
 
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