Silvan wrote: > William wrote on Tue, 6 Jul 2004 21:16:31 +0100 >> >> If nobody wants it, I'll have to write my own patch privately. >> > >> > Silvan wrote on Tue, 6 Jul 2004 20:09:08 -0400: >> > So how is your forked version of Rosegarden coming along? >> >> In which future date are you living? :) > > Well, this isn't the first time you've made that statement. I figured you > must have gotten the fork well along by now.
Yes, but you asked me how far I'd got on the same day I posted my suggestion! Anyway the only previous time I've ever talked about patching RG was the simple matter of commenting out the code responsible for measuring disk space: https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=8560719 It was a trivial patch to remove functionality which everyone else wants, but which, as I said at the time, is more GUI than is good for me. It's not much of a fork, just one little patch. > Of course, if you're forking it anyway, you might as well share some of the > code. (Hint.) You really *don't* want to do a private patch anyway. I was very careful to say the patch would be written privately, not that it would remain private. If -- and it is only an "if" -- I should write such a patch, I will of course publish it here on rg-devel. > I've been down that road myself, and it's a nightmare trying to maintain > my own little fork of a big package. That's not an issue for me. I maintain a patched RG which is linked against a forked C library running under a forked kernel with several forked modules. It's all forked if you will. > FWIW I don't have a problem with your concept, but it sounds like a royal PITA > to implement. More trouble than it's worth in spades and shovels from where > I sit. Go look for yourself and see if you still think this is a trivial > little feature massage. I don't think it would be trivial to implement and I didn't say it would be. I only said it would re-use a significant amount of existing code, which I still think is true. > Plus I don't want to see the current erase tool change. [...] > I won't scream about it if you want to give it a different icon and > call it something else. Fair enough but I would not want to add another icon to what is already quite a crowded toolspace. What about keeping the current behaviour of the Erase tool but making it behave in the way I suggested if you hold down Shift or Control? > That pretty much means if you want it badly enough, send us a patch, No promises. William ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Rosegarden-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - use the link below to unsubscribe https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rosegarden-devel
