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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Stuff I'm working on
From:       Karl-Heinz Zimmer <khz () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-09-10 19:22:33
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On Tuesday 10 September 2002 20:53, Neil Stevens wrote:

> What makes HEAD more "official" than any other branch?  KDE releases
> aren't like some medieval monarchy, bequeathing some Divine Right on
> their applications.

You are absolutely right!

_Because_ this is no monarchy but a Free Software project we do not
have a 'king' but just a so-called 'maintainer' of the project.

Michael Häckel does this job since a while and IMO he does it very well.

We do not see the slightest reason for asking him to stop maintaining
KMail and therefor we act in a both _normal_ and _fair_ way: respecting
his opinion and his *right* to make final decisions.

This right does not come from heaven but from the understanding that it
is a good idea to have a maintainer and to let him supervise and kind
of organize the development of the KMail.

So - to answer your question: The 'official HEAD branch' is the one
declared HEAD by the maintainer of the project.

There is no magic about that.  :-)

Karl-Heinz
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