[kdepim-users] Unable to create new address book

[O. Sinclair]

On 11/12/11 18:17, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> 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 outdated, but it has.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?
>

No, thanks for reminding me - the whole KDEPIM 4.7 experience was rather 
hectic for a while... now most things seem to work as it "used to".

Best,
Sinclair
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