Thoughts on when to put/remove applications to/from CVS

[Michael Brade]

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On Wednesday 18 December 2002 18:13, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Wednesday 18 December 2002 06:25, Michael Brade wrote:
> > 9: the app should be targeted at many people (a negative example:
> > kpovmodeler)
>
> how many is many? if kpovmodeler targets many/most of the artists out
> there, but it happens that most KDE users aren't artists, then does it
> target enough people?
Mmh. I tend to say no. That's because every specialized app targets many/mo=
st=20
of the people woring in this specialized area; like, e.g., an app to edit=20
video streams targets many/most of the people doing video cutting.

> i think Quanta has found a good middling ground by following and being
> included in KDE releases, but being in it's own cvs module.
[...]
> perhaps there should be a policy regarding those types of important and
> KDE-compliant, but large and non-mainstream applications such as Quanta a=
nd
> KPovModeler.
Yes. I'd suggest an own module for such apps, too.

Another thought: if an app is considered basic functionality and needed by=
=20
most of the KDE users to get their daily work done then include it in the=20
core modules.

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