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On Friday 12 February 2010 12:15:13 Zeerak Waseem wrote: |
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> On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:53:04 +0100, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> |
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> > On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:19:43 +0100, Zeerak Waseem wrote: |
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> >> But I do find it silly, that the various applications that aren't |
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> >> dependent of the DE, to require a dependency of the DE. It just seems |
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> >> a bit backwards to me :-) I simply don't understand. |
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> > That just shows that they are still partially dependent on the DE, KMail |
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> > also needs various KDE libraries. KDE was designed as a cohesive DE, not |
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> > just a bunch of applications with a common look and feel. KDE apps are |
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> > intended to be run on a KDE desktop, anything else is a nice bonus. |
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> Indeed, and it is a noble pursuit. |
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> But from a marketing aspect, it would make more sense to have things that |
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> aren't -vital- for the app, unlike kde-libs in this case, to be soft (is |
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> this the correct term?) dependencies. |
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Your entire argument is pointless and utterly without merit. |
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KDE is the way it is because that's how the devs built it. From a marketing |
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perspective, it is correct the way it is because the vast majority of it's |
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users will not understand or care about the point you are making and the DE |
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was built for them. |
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I'll give you an analogy: |
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A new suspension bridge has permanent copper cladding on the stay wires. You |
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are of the opinion that this should have been hot-pluggable and the city that |
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paid for the bridge should have had the choice to fit aluminium cladding after |
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the fact, and to be able to do so at the press of a button. You express this |
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opinion to the bridge architect and present vast reams of made-up marketing |
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fluff to support your point. |
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The bridge architect and his team of engineers listen to you, look at each |
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other and cock their eyebrows. The architect looks back at you and says: |
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"Tough shit. We're not changing it now." |
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There's a difference between what you think is the right way to proceed and |
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the way the devs chose. If you don't like where kmail is going, use claws |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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