[Qt-creator] ideas

[André Pönitz]

On Wednesday 07 October 2009 10:05:10 ext Matthias Pospiech wrote:
> Andre Poenitz schrieb:
> > On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 06:13:37PM +0100, Danny Price wrote:
> >   
> >> The frustrating thing about this situation is that it seems relatively  
> >> simple to fix without compromising the locator system or changing any  
> >> QMake or Creator fundamentals - a second file containing file groups  
> >> is one solution.
> >>     
> >
> > *gosh*
> >
> > If it is that easy, why don't you simply implement it and submit a merge
> > request? This would save time on both sides.
>   
> This seams to be a discussion with frustrated people on both sides - 
> users and developers.

Looks like it ;-}

> I personally agree with Danny. Maybe it is not that simple, and I could 
> not implement a patch either, but if there was a single note from the 
> developer team that they are going to implement this and where it is placed
> on the roadmap that could end the discussion and give people like me the 
> option to switch to qtcreator after this has been implemented.

The situation is that the "internal" developer team has a list of things 
to work on. That includes stuff that's required internally as well as "stuff
considered generally usable" as well as "personal itches that need to be 
scratched". This list is long, there are certain deadlines to meet, and in
general available resources are scarcer than one might wish for.

"Project tree improvements" is neither an internal requirement, nor do the 
"internal" developers generally consider it more usable than Ctrl-K, nor is
it anybody's personal itch.

As a consequence, it's unlikely that it will show up on a roadmap, and
we need another means to end this discussion. The obvious choice 
would be an external contribution. After all, a few people seem to like,
at least one thinks it's simple to implement. Why not work on it together?

Andre'

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