Call for vote: Nautilus use Browser view for fedora 11

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Thu Dec 18 23:06:16 UTC 2008


Suren Karapetyan wrote:

> Not in this case.
> Here we can easily separate a default checkbox from code change.

Nothing is as easy as it looks. You have to patch software,  patch 
documentation, patch translations and test them. All deviations from 
upstream carry risks. Then there would be differences between upstream 
and some distributions. Users who have to deal with multiple 
distributions have to deal with these differences.

If there is a change required, talk within the upstream community or 
have a real discussion with the package maintainers and try to convince 
them instead of pointless voting in the development mailing list (which 
is far from representative of a regular user base, would make them feel 
forced). If the maintainers have agreed to a vote, then fine. If not, it 
makes no difference and just wastes time.  Don't do it. It just provides 
false hope and leads to more disappointment. Not worth it, for a easily 
changed setting.

Rahul




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