App duplication again (Re: new project in kdemultimedia)

[Andreas Pour]

Thomas Diehl wrote:
> 
> ----------  Weitergeleitete Nachricht  ----------
> 
> Subject: Re: App duplication again (Re: new project in kdemultimedia)
> Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 15:54:16 +0100
> From: Malcolm Hunter <malcolm.hunter at gmx.co.uk>
> To: kde-i18n-doc at mail.kde.org
> 
> On Saturday 04 May 2002 15:34, Thomas Diehl wrote:
> > Am Samstag, 4. Mai 2002 16:11 schrieb Neil Stevens:
> > > If translators don't wish to translate the new app, nobody's forcing
> > > them to do so.
> >
> > Maybe translators want a fully usable KDE for the people in their
> > countries and themselves? Would you say the same if KDE and all its
> > programs came in Chinese by default or any language you are not familiar
> > with? Just think about it for a moment.
> >
> > > Why should translators get a double super veto over what goes into KDE?
> >
> > Thanks. I would be perfectly satisfied with a single super veto.
> 
> It seems the developers have had this anyway. Almost like it's their
>  project and we have no say. This is a team effort, after all, the
>  translators are helping KDE reach the non-english speaking world.

Hi,

That's true, and many people realize that KDE is successful b/c of the
contributions of a huge number of people who aren't developers.  Neil,
unfortunately, doesn't seem to recognize that KDE is a group project, as
has been demonstrated time and again :-(.

Ciao,

Dre