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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: About boxes
From:       Stefan Taferner <taferner () salzburg ! co ! at>
Date:       1999-04-22 16:28:28
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On Thu, 22 Apr 1999, Andreas Pour wrote:
[...]
> On the mail-to think, I hope we can improve on the current situation. 
Currently, > authors/maintainers put their personal e-mail address on the "mail
to" links.  What > happens when someone uses that software in 2 years, or maybe
in 5 years, and that > e-mail address is no longer valid (which is very likely
the case; I mean in KDE's > short history look how often basic programs have
changed maintainers)? > 
> In short, the problem with links is they become dead quite easily, yet if you
> hardcode them into an application there they are, they cannot be changed.
> 
> Perhaps a smarter approach is to use a stable e-mail address that will be around for
> a while, such as "applications@kde.org", and have the About box URL provide a
> subject line (the name of the application and a note to the user not to change the
> subject line); then on the KDE side the mail server would filter the mail and
> forward them to the *current* maintainer of the named application.

Or package@kde.org. This could then be a mailing-list for the proper package,
e.g. kdebase, kdeutils, etc.

Then there wouldn't be that many email addresses and others who might know
about the app could jump in and reply if the author is temporarily unavailable.

--Stefan

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