[Marble-devel] Re: Fwd: Re: kdeplasma-addons Marble wallpaper does not build

[Bernhard Beschow]

Am Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2011, 16:47:53 schrieb Anne-Marie Mahfouf:
> On Wednesday 18 May 2011 16:10:43 Bernhard Beschow wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 18. Mai 2011, 15:08:29 schrieb Sascha Peilicke:
> > > On Wednesday 18 May 2011 15:04:02 you wrote:
> > > > I don't have time or energy to maintain the marble wallpaper.
> > > > 
> > > > I think it should be easy, but it seems like marble keeps breaking
> > > > their api. There are bug reports for it, so I assume it has users. I
> > > > think the marble guys should fix it if they break api.
> > > 
> > > I can only agree.
> > 
> > I don't agree that the Marble developers should fix unfamiliar code in
> > foreign repositories.
> > 
> > > > In the end I don't use it and I don't have strong feelings for it.
> > > 
> > > Me neither, altough we have quite a bunch of users (given the amount of
> > > bug reports for wallpaper), so it should rather be fixed instead of
> > > removed.
> > 
> > FYI: Aaron has meanwhile fixed the wallpaper plugin. Thanks Aaron!
> 
> yes, thanks Aaron.
> I'm sorry Bernhard but I can't give an opinion on zoom code being this or 
> that, I am just clueless. As did Ben, I was building stuff and noticed the 
> break (just before the beta tag) and it did not seem straightforward for me.
> 
> Aaron also asks if this can be moved to the Marble repository, which would be 
> more logical anyway. What do you think?
> 
> You're a bit harsh when you say you should not fix "unfamiliar code" in 
> "foreign repositories": well yes in fact you should at least care. This is 
> KDE, a team work :)

Well, I *do* care about projects using Marble. After all, it's great to see our library being used in all kinds of places. :) All I'm asking for is awareness that Marble does not guarantee API stability, and to accept the fact that this may break things at times. If that happens, I'm more than willing to help out for a solution, or even fix an issue myself, as long as the team spirit is kept and the discussion is constructive and solution-oriented.

That said, I've already played with the idea of hosting the wallpaper plugin in the Marble repository. After all, we are already hosting the worldclock plasmoid, so why not host the wallpaper plugin as well? What do the other Marble developers think?

Greetings,
Bernhard