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List:       kde-edu-devel
Subject:    Re: [kde-edu-devel] First Announcement Of KMathCenter
From:       Andy Fawcett <andy () athame ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-04-30 19:12:30
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On Tuesday 30 April 2002 20:02, Chris Howells wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 April 2002 5:17 pm, Andy Fawcett wrote:
> > Once the software moves into a main module (one of the ones KDE
> > distributes), you'll find that people will make changes to all
> > aspects, *whether you like it or not*. That's the nature of this
> > way of software development, and it's something you need to be
> > comfortable with. It's not a case of "giving people the
> > opportunity", it's more that you have put your code/docs in a
> > public repository that has over 700 people who *can* make changes
> > to them. In the vast majority of cases, the change will be an
> > improvement.
>
> Yes. Also many people will (should) ask before making major changes.
>
> Anyway, if you don't like a commit you can always discuss and if you
> really feel necessary, revert.

It should be noted though that *some* changes should not be reverted. 
For example, if a document has been modified to conform to the 
guidelines KDE has for them, such as acknowledging all trademarks, or 
to remove text that could be thought of as inflammatory, then the 
change should not be reverted. Doing so would probably mean that the 
program went out with *NO* documentation at all, as KDE could not 
safely distribute it.

Equally, fixes for i18n are *generally* done by people who have a huge 
amount of experience in these things, and should not be reverted 
lightly. Chances are, they would un-revert them ;)



-- 
Andy Fawcett      |   "In an open world without walls and fences,
andy@athame.co.uk |      we wouldn't need Windows and Gates."
tap@lspace.org    |                              -- anon

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