[Owncloud] Incomplete features and apps

Marvin Thomas Rabe m.rabe at echtzeitraum.de
Tue Oct 4 06:02:13 UTC 2011


Hi Frank,

gallery is not working in the demo:
http://demo.owncloud.org/apps/gallery/index.php
Please check it out.

Best regards
Marvin

On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Frank Karlitschek <karlitschek at kde.org> wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> I completely agree with your mail in general.
>
> I worked on the gallery app together with Bartek last weekend to see if it´s ready for inclusion in the ownCloud 2. I think it´s working well so I decided to put it in beta 3 and consider it for inclusion in the final release if we don´t find shop stoppers.
> For me it´s working well and it´s a nice feature for ownCloud 2.
>
> I´m not aware of performance problems. Can you  give a bit more information about this?
> We shouldn´t release it if it´s unusable slow of course.
>
>
> Cheers
> Frank
>
>
> On 03.10.2011, at 23:20, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote:
>
>> As said in previous mails, incomplete apps and/or features should be
>> developed in branches only until they are well-tested,
>> interface-integrated, fast, reviewed etc.
>>
>> If we say something is available in ownCloud, people expect it to work –
>> without problems. If we promise a feature (by including it) then it should
>> work. We should not over-promise and under-deliver but rather not claim
>> too much. A feature that is not there is ok while a feature which is there
>> but doesn’t work is just annoying. This is not about getting everything in
>> before the release of ownCloud 2 at any price.
>>
>> So please – until features are really mature, keep them in branches. For
>> example the tasks app (already in a branch), the gallery app (was merged
>> earlier, should go back in a branch because it’s slow) and the bookmarks
>> app (should go back in a branch until the interface adheres to the
>> ownCloud design).
>> Before merging something in, call for review on the mailing list and in
>> the chat room.
>>
>> Short: Quality over quantity, please.
>>
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