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Re: [trinity-devel] Deprecate KOffice

From: Ilya Chernykh <anixxsus@...>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 04:43:28 +0400
On Friday 24 June 2011 04:19:52 Timothy Pearson wrote:

> >> The integration with KDE3 styles is still far from perfect.
> >>
> >> Don't you think you overestimate your abilities?
> >
> > No, not really.  However I think you do overestimate yours...
> 
> Specifically, how are you providing Qt4 compatibility? 

I ever claimed I patched KDE3 for Qt4 support?

> How are you 
> improving KOffice to properly read and write standard .ods/.odt file
> formats?

I ever claimed that I patched KOffice for ODF support? 
By the way, if you succeed to make KOffice to open ODF files, please let me know.

> Have you fixed any of the couple hundred bugs on the Trinity 
> bugtracker?

Sorry never looked into Trinity bugtracker in search for bugreports.
I fixed some bugs which I personally encountered and sent you the patches if they
were connected with the KDE3 source.

> All I see you doing is packaging other people's source and 
> patching minor compilation issues, without reporting the patches upstream
> via the bugtracker.

I reported the patches which I made here in the list. Of course I can do it using the
bugtracker if you wish.

> There is nothing wrong with having two different positions here--the
> Trinity project is a FOSS project, tasked with new development, general
> maintenance, bug control, and project direction management (that includes
> deciding what is part of the project and what is not), and you are a
> distribution packager/maintainer, tasked with making upstream FOSS
> projects work properly on your distribution.  Am I incorrect?

You are correct. So what?