On Thursday 06 June 2002 8:54 pm, Jonathan Singer wrote: > From: Thomas Diehl <thd at kde.org> > > >OTOH, I think we _could_ agree on some basic style requirements and a > >consistent terminology (eg in the infamous folder <-> directory thing) and > >apply this to existing and upcoming KDE texts. Unfortunately, this is alw > >ays >only "considered" but nobody of the native speakers seems to be > > prepared to actually pick it up and _do_ it so far. > > OK, OK, I'll talk to Malcolm and we'll get on it. ;-) > > Speaking for myself, I've been out of touch with KDE development in general > because: a) I've had a huge amount of real work to do. > b) Since the build system was changed, and some other post-3.0 changes, CVS > rarely compiles on my Linux boxes. c) I've stopped following the main devel > lists, since they (especially kde-devel) have gotten so overrun with > pointless chatter that they're too much trouble to read through. That > inattention probably contributes to the problem with b). > > and with the style requirements in particular because: > a) Like most volunteers, I joined up to scratch an itch. Spelling errors in > dialog boxes drive me crazy so I was willing to spend hours fixing them. > Personally, I don't care that much if one app uses 'email' and another > 'e-mail'. b) The original goal was that we would propose a standard, get > comments from developers and then expect them to comply with it. I've come > to realize that getting even the most basic cooperation from developers, > like having them notify the documentation maintainer when they entirely > rework the UI weeks into an interface freeze, is impossible. I'm reluctant > to unilaterally impose a standard on everybody (although I probably > shouldn't be) and I'm completely unwilling to spend the upcoming years > fixing standard violations in new code. > > Hmmm, that all sounds a little, well, _tense_. I badly need a vacation but > can't take one because I need to weigh my mice every other freaking day and > plead with with them to stop eating their babies and... > > Errr, anyway, I'll dig out those emails with the proposed standards. We can > make one more round of suggestions on this list, and then post it to > kde-core-devel as a fait accompli. >
I'll leave it in your capable hands then. Pam
