From kmail-devel  Tue Sep 10 10:49:50 2002
From: Don Sanders <sanders () kde ! org>
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 10:49:50 +0000
To: kmail-devel
Subject: Re: make_it_cool branches created
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kmail-devel&m=103165464924260

On Tuesday 10 September 2002 20:17, Neil Stevens wrote:
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> On Monday September 09, 2002 09:41, Don Sanders wrote:
> > I can't give you complete information as I am currently in
> > commercial sensitive negotiations to buy a domain name and I
> > don't want those negotations compromised.
>
> All I care about are the plans for the code in cvs.  That has to be
> public, no?

Heh, I just posted my plans.

> > Also hmm, I don't know how to describe this but I'm talking to
> > various people in personal email, we are discussing things but
> > haven't reached conclusions yet, I don't want those discussions
> > to be compromised by subjecting them to the brutal and unfair
> > criticism that is often generated in the response to any new
> > story.
>
> Well, KMail is being criticized all around one way or the other.

Hmm.

> > Hmm, also think of KDE and GNOME both these projects have been
> > subject to the kind of brutal and unfair criticism which takes
> > place on public websites. I don't want the conflict between
> > myself and other parties to be widened by such unnecessary
> > criticism. Do you understand this?
>
> I understand, yes.  But KMail is an important app to many people,
> so I'd like to help keep everyone informed about its development. 
> A second thread of development is big news.

You are correct.

> > I want to resolve my social conflicts I don't want flaming
> > comments on a website to make that harder.
> >
> > I'm prepared to give you information in exchange for a promise
> > that any story won't be damaging to the reputation of the KMail
> > project and its contributors.
>
> My intent is to simply report the facts:  Two sides of developers
> are going forward with development as they see fit.  Should you
> release, users will get more choices among KDE mail clients than
> they ever have had.  The GNU GPL is locked into KMail's codebase,
> so there will be no real impediments to one side lifting code from
> the other.

Hmm.

> If my bias comes through in the article (and I'll probably let it),
> it will be a positive one.  I think two branches of development are
> a good thing for KDE and KMail users.  And besides, I've been using
> KMail for years. If I had very much negative to say about it, I'd
> have switched to another client long ago. :-)

I think in this case your view will be proven to be the correct one, 
and allowing a branch (or even a fork if that is necessary) is good.

Don.

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