https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=443410
Bharadwaj Raju <bharadwaj.raju...@protonmail.com> changed:
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--- Comment #25 from Bharadwaj Raju <bharadwaj.raju...@protonmail.com> ---
(In reply to Aragorn from comment #6)
> Forgive me for sounding hostile, and I fully appreciate that the effect(s)
> would need to be rewritten in order to ensure compatibility with the
> evolution of the Plasma desktop, but from the email exchange you've linked
> to here-above, it appears to rather be a matter of not having any motivation
> to do so instead of a matter of not having the manpower or the resources, as
> well as a matter of not being in touch with your user base.
>
> You are all in control of how Plasma works and how it evolves. Therefore,
> you are also in control of which aspects of the software you wish to advance
> to the next level first.
>
> If the new "scene" ─ as you guys call it ─ requires the rewriting of those
> effects, then perhaps you are pushing out this new "scene" prematurely at
> the cost of breaking existing features, and ─ forgive me for saying this ─
> you guys unfortunately have a history of doing that. Plasma 4 springs to
> mind, as well as that it took you guys until 5.10 before the global menu ─ a
> feature that had already more or less been present (even if only for Qt
> applications only at the time) in KDE 1.x, 2.x and 3.x ─ was reintroduced,
> in spite of the very popular demand throughout the entire life cycle of
> Plasma 4 and up until 5.10.
>
> There's an old saying that goes "If it ain't broke, don't fix it", just as
> there is another saying that goes "Whatever you're going to do, if you're
> going to do it, then you should do it well."
>
> If you break something, then you're also taking the responsibility upon you
> to fix it again. Don't hide behind the excuse of not having the resources
> and/or the manpower. Again, I've read the email exchange that you linked
> to, and it's not a matter of "we don't have the resources", but of "let's
> just drop it, because hardly anybody's using it anyway."
>
> It's not the resources that are the problem; it's the attitude.
The reworking of the rendering scene introduces many improvements in areas used
far more often than the desktop cube. And make no mistake, it *is* a question
of resources. Rewriting the cube effect is going to take resources, obviously.
And the improvements gained and glitches fixed by reworking the scene code just
outweighs the desktop cube, both in importance and in number of people
affected.
Even then, it *is* going to be rewritten, have patience.
KDE is a volunteer project. The devs are volunteers. I would ask everyone to be
more considerate of that fact.
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