[Goodies-dev] xfce4-cpugraph-plugin version 0.4.0 (lidiriel)

[mmassonnet at gmail.com]

Hello,

On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 03:43:59AM -0800, gatopeich wrote:
> Liridiel, I see you intention is good.
> 
> About ownership, this is not my plugin :-). Better think of it as belonging to its users.
> 
> Look at it from the *user* point of view: what would you think if one of your favorite apps suddenly acts completely different in the new release, and the features you liked are just not there anymore? Will you look at the changelog? And feel better because someone promised to fix it later?
> 
> Refactoring is hard, precisely because you are not supposed to break functionality in the process.
> 
> Let's do this:
> 1.- Revert this patch, so existing users (like me) keep their favorite features.
> 2.- I help you with the refactoring. I am familiar with existing code, it won't be that bad.
> 3.- You introduce your features.

If you have time to factorize the code, go for it, but I think the
important bit is to get the old features back into it.  If you are
familiar with the code, show us the code/patch/... and it will be done
sooner than some mail exchanges.  Of course just be in symbiosis with
the current dev to avoid duplication.

Lidiriel, there was no attack against you or the like, if you plan to
rewrite cleaner code, just let us know in your announcement.  If you did
so in some README or ChangeLog file, point us to these.  If people ask
you to move your ass, you do it when you get to it, but leave a note at
least.  If you need help to release or else, you can ask us on the ml.

> Is it a plan?
> gatopeich.-


mike