gSoC Implement a better database schema

[Tim Bocek]

Considering how you were *already* planning to fix it yourself as a GSoC
project, I don't think that quote really applies, actually.

All people are saying is that to fix the problem you've identified would
require a week of work, not twelve.  Since you obviously feel strong enough
to devote twelve weeks, why not one?  Or, to get to the *real* point of the
post you linked too, put your money where your mouth is instead (aside from
the fact that Amarok doesn't have an official sponsorship program...)

On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Caleb Cushing <xenoterracide at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Ben K <mrmrpotatohead at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Fixing that bug doesn't require a schema change; you just write nulls
> > instead of zeros and change the handling of the two values.
> >
> > The Amarok devs spent quite a lot of time coming up with new schema used
> in
> > Amarok 2, and I suspect they'll be reluctant to change it. There were
> also
> > quite specific reasons for moving to MySQLe and only MySQL backend - it
> > means far lower support costs than when you have potentially 3 different
> > backends (you don't have to manage three sets of interfaces).
> >
> > I like your suggested behaviour for ratings, and null seems to me to be
> the
> > way to represent unrated, given that null means 'no information', but I
> > don't think this is an entire GSoC project. You could probably fix 172112
> in
> > a few days of coding. Why don't you give it a shot and submit a patch to
> the
> > bug?
>
> Sometimes, when people say this:
>
>    The source code is freely available. If you feel so strongly about
> this bugfix/tweak/feature/plugin, why don't you code it yourself?
>
> They're really saying this:
>
>    F**k you.
>
> - Jeff Attwood
>
> http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001247.html given that's not
> the whole point of the blog post, but it seems to fit right.
>
> --
> Caleb Cushing
>
> http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com
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