Re: Mime Type Analysis

[Kurt Granroth <granroth kde org>]

Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> David Faure <david mandrakesoft com> writes:
> > I am sometimes, but I think it's better if those discussions
> > remain public, so that others can participate. For instance, I was
> > only planning to explain a bit better the gray areas in Kurt's
> > initial post (like the user profile), and I end up trying to
> > design a solution, but I was hoping he would be the one working on
> > that :-)
> 
> It's fine to keep things by email, IRC is just easier for getting
> ideas across sometimes due to the lower latency.
> 
> Since you are the guy in charge of the KDE mime type implementation, I
> think it's even better for you to work with me on coming up with a
> common design than for Kurt to do it.
> 
> Standards work best when the people who will be implementing them
> create them.

I'd like to clarify a few things.  First, while David is certainly the
KDE mimetype god, I am not exactly a newbie in the area.  I am more
then capable of implementing any standard as well as help create them.
As I am now devoting part my time to GNOME-KDE compatability issues
(and this is one of them), I will also have time to do this.

That said, David's experience would definitely make him a *better*
choice if only one person had to do it.  His knowledge of our current
system is 100% complete while I would have to search through the code
for a few hours to get to that level (or maybe not that long.. I'm
pretty familiar with most of the KDE infrastructures).

The reason I am mentioning all this, though, is that I seriously doubt
that David has the time to devote to this when somebody else is
willing to do the dirty work.  To better maximise all of our time, it
might be best if we do all discussion in a public forum (this one
works for now) so that whoever is available can pick up the ball.  If
it turns out that David can find the time, then I will graciously cede
all control and move on to another project on my endless TODO list.
 
Sound alright?
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