This has all the attributes of a potentially tedious and pointless argument.
Let's concentrate on the practical. We have _already made_ a decision about whether to focus primarily on KDE4 or "pure" Qt4. The decision we made was that whenever we found a "pure" Qt4 component available that satisfied our need, we would use that. Then, if it turned out that we could be satisfied all round with only Qt4, then that would be all to the good. We would have successfully simplified our build and application dependencies and we would still have a program that integrates pretty well into every modern desktop. That would also have the advantage of simplifying packaging, deployment, and consequently, support. However, that decision was made in the absence of any compelling evidence about what, specifically, KDE4 components might add to the application. The reasoning is really based on what we used to draw from KDE3, and the recognition that much of that is no longer necessary because Qt4 does a better job than Qt3 of the same policies that KDE3 used to provide (and also that KDE4's versions of those policies don't always look so desirable). As a consequence, if Matthew -- or anyone else -- has a strong interest in using KDE4 components in Rosegarden, the way to tell us about it is to tell us exactly what it is that those KDE4 components might bring. That's what we're missing here. We aren't going to change our existing decision just for the sake of it; as developers of a complex and mature application we are unlikely to be swayed by grand future visions that may never pay off such as office integration; and it doesn't help the clarity of the situation to conflate KDE community with KDE code. Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [email protected] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
