From kde-devel  Sun Mar 04 07:52:52 2001
From: Charles Samuels <charles () kde ! org>
Date: Sun, 04 Mar 2001 07:52:52 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: gnome dvd player
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On Saturday 03 March 2001 11:47 pm, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> On Saturday 03 March 2001 23:12, Greg Turpin wrote:
> > Greetings list!!
> >
> >    Hmmmm....this makes me think.
> >    Should KDE be doing this sort of stuff?  Redoing the UI so that
> > it is more integrated with KDE?
> >    I don't see why it wouldn't run under KDE, it just wouldn't be a
> > "native" KDE app.
> >    The TODO list on the site does not mention any planned KDE
> > porting efforts.
> >
> >    I guess I'm just asking - Should KDE take good GNOME apps
> > and port them to KDE?  Is it "open-source" ethical?  Should we use
> > valuable developer time on it?
> >
> >    I would be willing to take this task if we think this is viable.  =
I've
> > been wanting to get involved in a KDE application for quite some time
> > now.
>
> Well, our users appreciate native KDE applications because it gives you=
 a
> more consistent desktop and helps to keep your memory usage down. (And =
for
> that same reason GNOME users will prefer native GNOME applications)
>
> "we" do not decide whether "we" spend valuable developer time on it. Ea=
ch
> developer decides for him or herself on what things he or she wants to
> work. It's really up to you.
>
> As far as "open-source" ethical is concerned. The right way to proceed =
is
> to contact the authors and offer them to make a KDE version of the GUI.=
 We
> might be stuck with two different toolkits but open source is all about
> cooperation and re-using each others work. I assume that the UI is only=
 a
> small part of the project.
>
> It's a cool project btw.
This cool project should be a arts playobject, btw :)  Then noatun will=20
support it immediately. [hint] ;)


>
> Cheers,
> Waldo

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Charles Samuels <charles@kde.org>
K Desktop Environment
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 -- Jonas E. Salk, when asked who owned the patent on his polio vaccine.
 
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