[kde-community] Discussion: KDE Manifesto, "established practices"

[Carl Symons]

On Sunday, November 10, 2013 19:00 Kevin Ottens wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In the principles, section of the manifesto we have the following point:
> "The project stays true to established practices common to similar KDE
> projects unless special considerations force it to deviate".
> 
> I guess after lengthy discussions you end up with points like that which
> says... well... nothing really. "Do it like anybody else except if you feel
> you can't". :-)
> 
> So, I'm looking for an alternate wording. I think that either we find a way
> to make it stronger or we should just drop it. It's meaningless as it is.
> 
> Regards.

"...unless special considerations force it to deviate" could be considered an 
established practice. Dropping that clause retains the essence of this point. 

"The project stays true to established practices common to similar KDE 
projects."

Carl