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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: [PATCH]ksysguard listview update problem
From:       Dominik Haumann <dhdev () gmx ! de>
Date:       2009-12-10 14:40:22
Message-ID: 200912101540.22612.dhdev () gmx ! de
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On Thursday 10 December 2009, Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 December 2009 13:21:31 John Tapsell wrote:
> > 2009/12/9 sonald <sycao@redflag-linux.com>:
> > > Oh, sorry. I just checked the file in
> > > branches/KDE/4.3/kdebase/workspace/ksysguard,  that remains
> > > the same.
> >
> > Yeah I don't really backport  - too much work with svn :-/  Feel free
> > to commit the fix in the branch if you can/want.
> 
> kdesdk/scripts/svnbackport [file]
> 
> right after committing your fix to trunk, and you're done. It's really
>  not much work but gets the fix out to users _months_ earlier...

Reality is even worse: If you have to stick to a release cycle of a 
distribution, such fixes might take up to a year. Depending on the severity 
of the bugs bugs this are often major issues, unfortunately. This very much 
hurts KDE's image (that's what I experience here right now).

Developers should backport more. Much more.

Dominik
 
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