KDE File Chooser in GTK apps on Kubuntu

[Derek Broughton]

Gordon Schulz wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:56, Art Alexion <art.alexion at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Some projects, notably kmymoney, kdepim and tellico, have very
>> responsive develpers, but the core KDE developers seem to have a siege
>> mentality, perhaps precipitated by the criticism or KDE 4 which they
>> have worked hard to develop.

I'm not quite sure whether you're saying they worked hard to develop KDE4,
or the criticism thereof :-)

> Even though bashing on the KDE developers seems to be the new hype from
> what I've been reading here...
> Could someone enlighten me why anyone developing for KDE and thus using
> QT and kdelibs should be interested in and spending time on deploying
> 'hacks' for GTK apps to use foreign file selectors?

Because KDE, as long as I've cared, has always had the ability to allow you
to run GTK apps and make them look at least something like KDE.  If it
really is possible to make GTK apps use a KDE file dialog, it's well worth
it.  The alternative is to make every GTK app that users "must" have
(Firefox comes quickly to mind) actually use QT instead.
> 
>> But in the current climate, "voting" on core components and features
>> seems fruitless, and perhaps counterproductive.

I can't see how it's "counterproductive", but I've always thought voting
(I've always voted for KDE wishlist items) was largely useless.

> Honestly, they would be 100% right to deny feature requests that doesn't
> even concern their project at all.

Well, they're the developers.  Regrettable as the attitude might be, they're
100% right to deny any feature request they care to, if it isn't
accompanied with a patch.
-- 
derek