https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493739
--- Comment #6 from [email protected] --- (In reply to Paul Brown from comment #5) > Imagine how satisfying that would be and the dev > cred you would earn. > ... > We can't fire a volunteer, or dock their pay, or whatever you think > we should be doing to make people do stuff. Can you see the contradiction that you've placed yourself in? You are trying lure me with sweet talk about "fun" and "dev cred", yet you won't use the same harangue when it comes to getting people to OWN their contribution, along with the included (programming) mistakes. Probably because you're afraid that KDE might lose a few contributors if they are not only given praise for what they've contributed to the project, but also held responsible for the flaws they introduced in the product. How is it beneficial for KDE or any other open source endeavour to have flimsy contributions being included in it, without any commitment to maintain those code changes at the very minumum level of fixing totally attributable bugs (i.e. those caused exclusively by the contributed code)? It is not. No matter how shiny such a product looks, people stop using it, sponsors start dropping off, the community enthusiasm fades and... the project falls into oblivion. So, if somebody really cares about this project, especially since they do it for free, they should always have this sense of responsibility when contributing and genuinely care about the quality of their implementation. It is simply a matter of attitude that the KDE steering people should show to the community and thus educate the contributors. A simple gesture like assigning bugs will not "force" order in chaos, but will send a message about responsibility and will start decreasing the rate of bugs that pile up here. Any project stems from a vision, but it is the commitment to that vision that makes the difference. The most prominent example of what I'm talking about is Linux, the OS kernel initially developed and now overseen by an arrogant, highly intelligent and extremely disciplined guy. I'm not a fan of him, but one must admire his stubbornness which gave us one of the most influential pieces of software in the history of mankind. If you think these are big words, just try to imagine the world without Linux. > More the reason to finally give back. Here it is again: > > https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved > > I hope you can contribute to KDE. It is kinda fun! Yes, I was expecting this invitation. I am ALREADY contributing to this project just by having this conversation. As for the programming part, I cannot afford to lose months just to learn C++, some Qt, the inner workings of KWin and 3D graphics and whatever else is necessary just to understand the code that produces the Cube effect. I haven't even found the time to implement in a language that I know (JavaScript) a Kwin script to restore a functionality you, the KDE decision makers, have taken away from us, users, namely walking through desktops in the most recently used order. There are some scripts in the wild, but imperfect. Ironically, I saw your comment right after I noticed (again) a Plasma panel bug. I configured it to avoid windows; if it is visible and I move a window over it, it hides but never pops up again, no matter how much I push the mouse pointer to that edge of the screen. How did this go unnoticed during QA and why hasn't it been reported and fixed in Plasma so far (version 6.4.5 here), beats me. Should I place a bug and wait for some deity to inspire the proper volunteer to repair this sometime in the next decade?! -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
