I would encourage people to read "Apologies on the "bloat" thread (a.k.a yes Windows is still important)"
before posting in this thread. This might help people (like me :P) to be constructive. On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macie...@intel.com>wrote: > On quarta-feira, 10 de abril de 2013 16.05.40, Michael Jackson wrote: > > And just because a "majority" download the installer does not mean > "ALL". It > > is YOUR JOB AS A Qt DEVELOPER/MAINTAINER to make MY life easier. That is > > your job. > > Hi Mike > > This thread is getting overheated... > > I with most of what you said, but I disagree on one small but important > detail. > > Let me explain: > > I agree because my job as a Qt developer is to make Qt better. Qt's > philosophy > is that it makes developers' lives easier. Therefore, we both conclude > that my > work on Qt should have an end goal to improve your life, mine and every > other > user's. > > I'm not doing Qt work as a volunteer. I'm paid to do it, by Intel (not > Digia). > Therefore, the OSS argument of "you can't tell OSS people what to do" does > not > directly apply. > > I'm also a Qt Project Maintainer, by choice and with the support of my > employer. As a Maintainer, I have a duty to the project, to uphold its > values > and further Qt. > > > However, I disagree with you when you put emphasis in "MY life easier". I'm > not here to make your life easier to the exclusion of everyone else. So > whenever you or anyone else requests a feature or a modification, I and > anyone > else in the Qt Project need to put that through a filter, deciding what the > priority of such a request is. It's easy to get lost and think one's own > bugs > are more important than all others. > > As I said in two emails already, we made a conscious decision to put more > effort on the binary installers and to make our lives easier in the source > ones. We're prioritising things differently. I'm sorry that our priorities > do > not match yours. > > And note: priorities can change. Even though the best way to accomplish a > change is to *do* it, rest assured we are paying attention to suggestions > and > especially to a flame war like this one. > -- > Thiago Macieira - thiago.macieira (AT) intel.com > Software Architect - Intel Open Source Technology Center > > _______________________________________________ > Interest mailing list > Interest@qt-project.org > http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest > >
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