[Decibel] Decibel status, code, etc.

[Matt Rogers]

On Monday 28 August 2006 14:40, you wrote:
> Hi Matt!
>
> First of all: Sorry for the delay in answering to your mail. I had a
> terribly busy day at work and did only now make it to my computer:-|
>

What delay? Seriously, you non-US folk are too worked up over email response 
times, or maybe i'm too laid back. I generally wait a week until I get 
annoyed because I didn't get a response. :)

> Am Montag, 28. August 2006 04:41 schrieben Sie:
> > I've read about the status update to Decibel in the KDE commit digest. I
> > appreciate the new information. I still have a ton of questions about the
> > project, its goals, and want to know a bit more about the status of it
> > though. :)
>
> Nice to know that some people are interessted! I think I should answer your
> status-related questions and your questions about decibel in a seperate
> mails.
>
> > 3. Can we please start seeing more discussion take place in the open? We
> > have the decibel mailing list here and there are other people that stand
> > to be hugely affected by decibel and what it does and doesn't do and we'd
> > like to be given the chance to voice our opinions, provide input, and
> > above all, help out with the project, so that it meets our needs in
> > addition to yours.
>
> Sorry, lack of communication is definitly something I am to blame about. I
> only ended up in this project pretty recently and had a lot of catching up
> to do. Updating the website and writing som emails to this list was on my
> todo list, but up until now I managed to push this up the bench:-)
>
> I promise to improve in this area (which shouldn't be too hard, given my
> performance so far;-).
>

Excellent.

> > 4. Will the code actually be developed in the open? If not, why? Do you
> > have code currently? Can it be imported into KDE's subversion repository?
>
> I do not see any reason not to do so. KDE's subversion repository is not
> ideal for me though: I have no commit access there;-)
>

This is easy. See http://developer.kde.org/joining/applysvnaccount.php

>
> Again, I have to appologise. I had not expected so much interest in this
> project, so I kept "forgetting" the write some email und update the website
> stuff.
>
> I'll write up something right after sending this mail.

Thanks! I know that basyskom is putting a lot of resources into the project 
and it is much appreciated. If there's anything that I can do to help make 
this more of a community venture, please let me know.
-- 
Matt