OT. This list has become "Neighbours, The Vollom Years".

[Derek Broughton]

Dotan Cohen wrote:

>> I'd be filing it because functionality I've come to rely on has broken.
>> I've stopped getting terribly upset when a developer insists on
>> downgrading my bugs, but I'll still do with them as I wish.  Why is it
>> more important that _I_ don't alienate devs than that _they_ don't
>> alienate users?
> 
> Because you want something from them :)

No, I've got beyond that.  Now I'm just angry.
> 
>> Stripping functionality from our apps and then saying that you have to
>> ask for a "new feature" to get them back is at least as alienating.
>>
> 
> The KDE devs did not strip functionality. They rewrote their software
> from the ground up, for you. Not all the features made the rewrite,
> especially the features that noone is asking for.

Well, they didn't _have_ to rewrite all their software from the ground up - 
Kontact is a clear example, since it mostly hasn't changed.  So, yes, they 
did strip functionality.
> 
>> No, you're right - it's happening in non-KDE apps.  Eclipse, for
>> instance.
> 
> Is that Qt or GTK? If Qt, which version?

Looks like GTK.  I'm really not sure, since I stopped using Ubuntu's eclipse 
ages ago as it's horrendously outdated.
-- 
derek