[kdepim-users] Unable to create new address book

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Monday 28 November 2011, O. Sinclair wrote:
> On 27/11/11 22:11, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > On 11/27/2011 01:44 PM, O. Sinclair wrote:
> >> On 27/11/11 00:24, Andras Mantia wrote:
> >>> O. Sinclair wrote:
> >>>> I do of course understand the nature of open source coding done
> >>>> by "I happen to like it" coders. On the other hand I could argue
> >>>> that projects like Nepomuk and KDE receive funding from EU and
> >>>> others who could (should?) put requirements of professional
> >>>> attitude as a condition. And yes, anyone who ever worked with
> >>>> outside funding are familiar with conditions attached.
> >>> 
> >>> Just to make it clear: if one part of KDE gets funding for a
> >>> certain purpose from the EU, a company, an individual, it doesn't
> >>> mean the rest also gets ANYTHING from that. Most of the
> >>> developers still do this in their free time. In some cases they
> >>> do it on work time, but with specific goals required by their
> >>> employer. This might or might not include what you (or other
> >>> users) imagine.
> >>> 
> >>>> In either case I will still maintain that releasing software
> >>>> aimed at the usage of literally millions of people without a
> >>>> manual and documentation is bad practice. Full stop.
> >>> 
> >>> FYI, KMail has a manual, so does Kontact. Might be partially
> >>> outdated, but it has. Not having a manual is bad, I agree, but I
> >>> also said what is the reasoning and the only way to change this
> >>> situation is to join the project and help.
> >> 
> >> I was considering to end this discussion here, seeing we are
> >> clearly not on the same page. I have done coding work both as an
> >> employee and for the fun of it (trying to learn how si-and-so
> >> works) and for anything I would consider worthy of letting others
> >> use I would create a manual before releasing it to users.
> >> 
> >> However - you claim there is a KMail and Kontact manual. Possibly.
> >> Online perhaps. But when I press F1 in Kontact or KMail2 on
> >> Kubuntu 11.10 I get "documentation not found" and nothing else.
> >> 
> >> This could be packagers, I am not sure of course. But my belief is
> >> that the coding is way ahead of the documentation. And I still
> >> maintain that this is bad coding practice, regardless of being
> >> voluntary or paid for work.
> > 
> > Some distros ship manuals in a separate package, which you have to
> > choose to install, so check for that.
> 
> thanks for that Anne, it did the trick!

Just wondering: Did you contact Kubuntu to tell them how bad it is that 
they hide the manuals in a separate package?


Regards,
Ingo
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