[openbeos] Re: IDE Questions?

Hi Marcus,

> > Completely disagree:)
> You just convinced me to unsubscibe from this list!

it is important to recognize the well meaning of what Vasilis is trying to 
say. I agree with you that the Haiku project needs to stay focused. People 
are obviously emotional about Haiku, and everyone has their opinion about 
how to handle things best. But it doesn't mean that we should upset anyone. 
I think the message in what Vasilis wrote is that he sees value in having 
certain application development projects under the Haiku umbrella, he did 
not write that the same people currently coding the Haiku os are supposed 
to be involved in developing these apps. Instead, I would read his message 
that - just to give an example - the WebKit port could take place in the 
Haiku source tree, but not necessarily by the existing Haiku developers. 
Now, I don't necessarily agree with Vasilis, I think it might take up time 
of the existing developers, like when build system problems arise, or when 
they read the additional flood of commit messages, or when they take part 
in discussions related to any such sub projects. But I actually agree that 
there is value in the *feeling* of having a united project. I just see the 
downsides too, some of which I have just outlined. However, I see no reason 
to answer Vasilis mail in a way that might upset him.

Best regards,
-Stephan

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