Here I go again
October 17th 2008
So by the time you read this I’ll be deployed again.
Unfortunately even as demanding as our refit environments normally are this was more demanding than most. I’ve had a few bugs in the latest kdesvn-build releases reported (172635, 172696, and 172719). Not all of the bugs were regressions but it appears that despite my best efforts 1.7.1 is a buggier release than I would normally find acceptable. And of course JuK continues to float by almost on life support.
Even given all of that however, I think I did manage to get a lot done during this in-port period. KDE is already working on the 4.2 release with a few non-JuK, non-kdesvn-build improvements which I got included including some kioslave improvements and a new screensaver. JuK itself did see some love although not as much as I’d like. So I think I’m satisfied with what I’ve accomplished.
Please note that software like kdesvn-build is by definition unmaintained unless some kind souls want to keep it going while I’m out. I can’t tell you when I’ll be back (although it obviously won’t be forever) but Perl isn’t quite as bad as it’s made out to be and besides that I’ve tried to deliberately use easy-to-read coding style in kdesvn-build to make it maintainable. I’ve also disabled my mailing lists and Bugzilla email. I will email an address that may work separately to Thiago Macieira if it is urgent to reach me, just keep in mind I may not be able to reply back depending on the ship’s schedule.
So while I’m out working hard please keep yourselves safe and keep truckin’ on KDE work. KDE 4 is looking great and I’m looking forward to being back to work on it. There is a rumor this may be my last patrol. No definites unfortunately but until you have orders to your next duty station in hand, nothing is definite anyways. I’m leaving comments enabled so if you see spam start to pop up in the comments I apologize and I’ll fix it when I get back.
