App duplication again (Re: new project in kdemultimedia)

[Piotr Szymanski]

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Hello,
Once on a beatiful day 4.05.2002 18:57, Neil Stevens wrote:
> Because KDE isn't a democracy.  Developers are under no obligation to 
> implement the result of a vote.  That is, KDE has no leverage to force the 
> developers if the result doesn't go the way they want.  KDE can only 
> enforce a negative - removing apps and reverting commits.  It can't force 
> developers to "team up," or force a developer to move into CVS and comply 
> with KDE CVS rules.  It can't force developers to add features and 
> redesign UIs.
I have no idea where would KDE be if everyone thought like you Neil. If the 
developers are so important then why does KDE even bother making 
translations? So translators are tools that will work 25+h/day, because 2-4 
developers cant agree on making one program and merge their sources? 

> This is a good thing.  User feedback is important, but to have users make  
> decisions is to ask them to take over some of the developer 
> responsibility.  The average user is not necessarily inclined nor 
> qualified to make release decisions in a way that is in line with KDE's 
> goals and previous success.
I do not say that a user should have a direct vote right. But i believe that 
other members of the KDE team (even none devs) should have influence on what 
is going on in the project.

> Further, to put these up for a vote assumes that the options in each vote 
> are interchangable.  They are not.  Hetz, you and I clashed at least twice 
> on whether CD Bake Oven or KreateCD would be better for KDE.  We both 
> argued that one was better for a particular group of users.  So, just as 
> we have KWrite and Kate for different kinds of users, why not have CD Bake 
> Oven and KreateCD for different kinds of users?
And why not have KCDMakerBlah that would come out of merging CD Bake Oven with 
KreateCD? 

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