[Kst] extragear/graphics/kst/src/libkstapp

[George Staikos]

On Thursday 25 May 2006 14:37, Andrew Walker wrote:
> SVN commit 544672 by arwalker:
>
> BUG:127536 Ensure that when mocing sticky borders apply to all objects and
> not just top-level objects.

  Andrew,

   Part of working on a project that one is not the maintainer of, and part of 
working in the KDE SVN repository, is making sure that the codes of 
development are followed and that there is a conscious effort to work 
together using SVN as a collaboration tool.  Simply committing random code 
without maintainer approval or without positive consensus is wholly 
inappropriate.  It leads to a free-for-all commit war in some cases and can 
cause a project to degrade and fail.  Much of software development, 
especially in core areas of libraries or applications (ie: Kst base classes), 
involves discussion as much as code.  A lack of respect for this is not 
tolerated in the KDE community, including the resources provided by KDE, nor 
by myself.

  If there is any work that you need to implement for someone that is not 
clearly approved or acceptable for Kst trunk, feel free to implement it in a 
branch.  I do this regularly and it works well.  Sometimes we have a need to 
get a temporary hack in to solve problems, and putting it in a branch avoids 
affecting the release schedule or the main development code.  As release 
co-ordinator, I also have to make certain that our releases are not affected 
by bad code or design decisions.

  When an issue is brought up with a change in trunk, it has to be addressed 
promptly.  If it cannot be, they change likely needs to be backed out until 
it can be dealt with.  Ignoring issues causes them to compound.  That's how 
we ended up with some of our most monumental messes.

  If you intend to continue to work on Kst, please follow our guidelines, 
follow the KDE SVN commit procedures, and respect the maintainers and release 
co-ordinators of the various components.

  Thanks

-- 
George Staikos
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