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List:       kdepim-users
Subject:    Re: [kdepim-users] Unable to create new address book
From:       Anne Wilson <cannewilson () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2011-11-27 20:11:42
Message-ID: 4ED2997E.4030002 () googlemail ! com
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On 11/27/2011 01:44 PM, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 27/11/11 00:24, Andras Mantia wrote:
>> O. Sinclair wrote:
>>> I do of course understand the nature of open source coding done
>>> by "I happen to like it" coders. On the other hand I could argue
>>> that projects like Nepomuk and KDE receive funding from EU and
>>> others who could (should?) put requirements of professional
>>> attitude as a condition. And yes, anyone who ever worked with
>>> outside funding are familiar with conditions attached.
>> 
>> Just to make it clear: if one part of KDE gets funding for a
>> certain purpose from the EU, a company, an individual, it doesn't
>> mean the rest also gets ANYTHING from that. Most of the developers
>> still do this in their free time. In some cases they do it on work
>> time, but with specific goals required by their employer. This
>> might or might not include what you (or other users) imagine.
>> 
>>> In either case I will still maintain that releasing software
>>> aimed at the usage of literally millions of people without a
>>> manual and documentation is bad practice. Full stop.
>> 
>> FYI, KMail has a manual, so does Kontact. Might be partially
>> outdated, but it has. Not having a manual is bad, I agree, but I
>> also said what is the reasoning and the only way to change this
>> situation is to join the project and help.
>> 
> 
> I was considering to end this discussion here, seeing we are clearly
> not on the same page. I have done coding work both as an employee and
> for the fun of it (trying to learn how si-and-so works) and for
> anything I would consider worthy of letting others use I would create
> a manual before releasing it to users.
> 
> However - you claim there is a KMail and Kontact manual. Possibly. 
> Online perhaps. But when I press F1 in Kontact or KMail2 on Kubuntu 
> 11.10 I get "documentation not found" and nothing else.
> 
> This could be packagers, I am not sure of course. But my belief is
> that the coding is way ahead of the documentation. And I still
> maintain that this is bad coding practice, regardless of being
> voluntary or paid for work.
> 
Some distros ship manuals in a separate package, which you have to
choose to install, so check for that.

Anne
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