Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1701 mails)

[John Andersen <jsamyth@xxxxxxxxx>]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> Listmates,
>
>       A big thanks to Will Stephenson for putting aside all the issues, 
> shouldering 
> the load, and doing the hard work of making kde4 better. Thanks.
>
>       Bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189583 is a case-study in all 
> that 
> is wrong with the kde4 bug reporting/fixing process. It somewhat 
> uncomfortably 
> shows a number of the obstacles that each kde4 bug must overcome before it 
> can 
> be resolved. (None of which are related to source code editing, compilation 
> or 
> debugging)
>
>       For nearly a year the biggest hang-up this bug faced was the petty 
> infighting 
> by a few of the kde devs over whether to classify this missing kde4 feature 
> as 
> a "Wish" or a "Bug" --- please...
>
>       Will finally waded in, took the reins, and got the job done. I haven't 
> had 
> the time to test it yet, but regardless, getting anything with kde4 fixed has 
> seemed more a fist-fight and been more painful than sticking bamboo under 
> your 
> fingernails. It is like a breath of fresh air to see progress being made. 
> Thanks Will, Sven, Stephan, Dotan and the rest of the kde4 folks I can't even 
> begin to recall, for you tireless effort. KDE4 is getting there.

The bug report was an Amazing Read.

The code changes Will submitted are precise surgical changes/additions of around
200 lines in total, in 6 modules/headers.

If nothing else this makes it patently obvious the old saw about fixing it
your self, because its open source, to be totally unworkable.
That way can not work anymore. The code base is simply not that simple.

For the right person, with intimate knowledge of the code base this was
quick and efficient.  (I didn't say easy).
For Joe Random Hacker, it would be a total mess.

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