Idea for the porting

[Olivier Churlaud]

Le 29/08/2015 21:40, Olivier Churlaud a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> Today I read a harsh discussion on #amarok.devel. I'm not going to 
> talk about it, but about an idea I get. Please tell me whether you 
> agree on it, or not.
>
> I think we should port it first as a minimal version that...play 
> music. We know then that the core works and then port the other parts.
>

I tried to do this just to show you how it could be but it doesn't seem 
to be doable: everything is too connected...

> It makes sense to me for 2 reason:
> 1) we can focus on one unique plugin and port it thoroughly, not just 
> by translating (which is really bad in term of code maintainability)
> 2) We can spot the plugins/code parts that doesn't seem relevant *and 
> open a discussion* about it: is it still relevant?
>
> For splitting the job, and having a full port (and maybe maintainers?) 
> it would be, IMO, a real gain.
>
> Cheers,
> Olivier
>