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Subject:    Re: FlashQard
From:       "Jos Poortvliet" <jospoortvliet () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-09-24 17:29:55
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:10 PM, shahab shirazi <shahab.sh.70@gmail.com>wrote:

> Thanks for your suggestions.
> I'm going to talk to kde-edu team. But, as Anne Marie told me in another
> email, FlashQard is a bit different from Parley. So maybe they can live
> together!
>

Well, even better! You might be able to share some common infrastructure and
for example fileformats, but maintain two different applications...


>
> Shahab.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:45 PM, shahab shirazi <shahab.sh.70@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everybody!
>>> I'm Shahab, a new member of this mailing list.
>>> I'm the developer of FlashQard project:
>>> http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/FlashQard?content=80866
>>> Obviously this is an educational software to help user to learn things in
>>> an efficient way using flash cards and Leitner system. Something similar to
>>> Parley. It is also written by C++ and Qt.
>>> Although it is under heavy development, but I think, it currently is even
>>> more advanced than Parley and has more features.
>>> What I'd like to know is:
>>> Is there any chance for this FlashQard to be replaced with Parley?
>>>
>> You should contact the developers of Parley (who are still working on the
>> application) on the KDE edu mailinglist. The KDE Edu developers will have to
>> decide on this. Besides features, there are more conditions for one project
>> to replace another, especially if both are still under heavy development. To
>> name one, your project is currently Qt only, so it offers little integration
>> with KDE (parley offers a plasmoid, to name a very cool thing). Another is
>> long-term viability - a project with more than one developer has a much
>> smaller chance of becoming discontinued, so we generally prefer such a
>> project over another.
>>
>> I would suggest looking for integration and cooperation with Parley as a
>> first option, especially before starting to talk about replacing. I could
>> imagine the Parley developers wouldn't be happy with that suggestion, and
>> you need their approval (as team members of the KDE Edu team) for inclusion.
>> I'm not saying they have such big ego's, but we all like our own work, we're
>> only human. Maybe a merger between the two projects would/could be the best
>> option for all!
>>
>> grtz
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> best regards...
>>> Shahab
>>>
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<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:10 PM, \
shahab shirazi <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:shahab.sh.70@gmail.com">shahab.sh.70@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr">Thanks for your \
suggestions.<br>I&#39;m going to talk to kde-edu team. But, as Anne Marie told me in \
another email, FlashQard is a bit different from Parley. So maybe they can live \
together!<br><font color="#888888"></font></div> </blockquote><div><br>Well, even \
better! You might be able to share some common infrastructure and for example \
fileformats, but maintain two different applications...<br>&nbsp;</div><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr"><font \
color="#888888"><br>Shahab.</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> <br><div \
class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Jos Poortvliet <span \
dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jospoortvliet@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">jospoortvliet@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt \
0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">

<div dir="ltr"><div><div></div><div>On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:45 PM, shahab shirazi \
<span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:shahab.sh.70@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">shahab.sh.70@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br> </div></div><div \
class="gmail_quote"><div><div></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir="ltr"><div>Hello everybody!</div>
<div>I&#39;m Shahab, a new member of this mailing list.</div>
<div>I&#39;m the developer of FlashQard project:</div>
<div><a href="http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/FlashQard?content=80866" \
target="_blank">http://qt-apps.org/content/show.php/FlashQard?content=80866</a></div> \
<div>Obviously this is an educational software to help user to learn things in an \
efficient way&nbsp;using flash cards and Leitner system. Something similar to Parley. \
It is also&nbsp;written by C++ and Qt.</div> <div>Although it is under heavy \
development, but I think, it currently is even more advanced than Parley and has more \
features.</div> <div>What I&#39;d like to know is:</div>
<div>Is there any chance for this FlashQard to be replaced with Parley?</div>
<div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div>You should contact the developers of \
Parley (who are still working on the application) on the KDE edu mailinglist. The KDE \
Edu developers will have to decide on this. Besides features, there are more \
conditions for one project to replace another, especially if both are still under \
heavy development. To name one, your project is currently Qt only, so it offers \
little integration with KDE (parley offers a plasmoid, to name a very cool thing). \
Another is long-term viability - a project with more than one developer has a much \
smaller chance of becoming discontinued, so we generally prefer such a project over \
another.<br>


<br>I would suggest looking for integration and cooperation with Parley as a first \
option, especially before starting to talk about replacing. I could imagine the \
Parley developers wouldn&#39;t be happy with that suggestion, and you need their \
approval (as team members of the KDE Edu team) for inclusion. I&#39;m not saying they \
have such big ego&#39;s, but we all like our own work, we&#39;re only human. Maybe a \
merger between the two projects would/could be the best option for all!<br>


<br>grtz<br><br><br><br><br><br>&nbsp;</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;"><div dir="ltr"><div>&nbsp;</div> <div>best regards...</div>
<div>Shahab</div></div>
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