[ghns] GHNS Rant

[Luke Alan Sandell]

On Nov 11, 2005 9:18 am, Josef Spillner eloquently wrote:
>
> Web-based technology is a dangerous topic. The "mission" statement of
> KStuff.org includes exactly this - to provide people with Free (capital F)
> web-based infrastructure.

It seems like we are talking about two different things here. You want an 
entire content distribution system (a free kde-*.org), whereas all I want is 
a pretty little button I can click on the already existing kde-look.org to 
have my computer automatically download/install something described by an XML 
file. It seems to me that the content distribution system, the client, and 
the XML format should be as loosley coupled as possible. The distribution 
system, after all, will probably just generate the XML, not use it 
internally. The XML format itself could be reused in other places, like 
kde-look.org (see the one-click scenario described above).

> > Liquid Weather theme for SuperKaramba, but I was not allowed to because
> > it is apparently not "hot" or "new" enough to appear in the GHNS dialog
> Well it should appear in the "new" tab. But - lo and behold - KDE up to 3.4
> did not support a real distinction there, because this was a bug and fixed
> during aKademy this year.

No, actually it _shouldn't_ appear there, and does not, because it is old. 
This isn't a bug, it is a design flaw. I am only allowed to view content that 
is either a) new b) highest rated or c) most downloaded. Apparently Liquid 
Weather is none of these, and therefore I have to fetch it myself.

> Free desktops can excel if people work on them. Granted, your comments (as
> every comment) are welcome, but there's more to it than commenting.

I also realize that everyone cannot work on every project, which is why I am 
just giving my input.

-Luke Sandell