Re: Unable to create new address book

On 27/11/11 22:11, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On 11/27/2011 01:44 PM, O. Sinclair wrote:
>> On 27/11/11 00:24, Andras Mantia wrote:
>>> O. Sinclair wrote:
>>>> I do of course understand the nature of open source coding done
>>>> by "I happen to like it" coders. On the other hand I could argue
>>>> that projects like Nepomuk and KDE receive funding from EU and
>>>> others who could (should?) put requirements of professional
>>>> attitude as a condition. And yes, anyone who ever worked with
>>>> outside funding are familiar with conditions attached.
>>>
>>> Just to make it clear: if one part of KDE gets funding for a
>>> certain purpose from the EU, a company, an individual, it doesn't
>>> mean the rest also gets ANYTHING from that. Most of the developers
>>> still do this in their free time. In some cases they do it on work
>>> time, but with specific goals required by their employer. This
>>> might or might not include what you (or other users) imagine.
>>>
>>>> In either case I will still maintain that releasing software
>>>> aimed at the usage of literally millions of people without a
>>>> manual and documentation is bad practice. Full stop.
>>>
>>> FYI, KMail has a manual, so does Kontact. Might be partially
>>> outdated, but it has. Not having a manual is bad, I agree, but I
>>> also said what is the reasoning and the only way to change this
>>> situation is to join the project and help.
>>>
>>
>> I was considering to end this discussion here, seeing we are clearly
>> not on the same page. I have done coding work both as an employee and
>> for the fun of it (trying to learn how si-and-so works) and for
>> anything I would consider worthy of letting others use I would create
>> a manual before releasing it to users.
>>
>> However - you claim there is a KMail and Kontact manual. Possibly.
>> Online perhaps. But when I press F1 in Kontact or KMail2 on Kubuntu
>> 11.10 I get "documentation not found" and nothing else.
>>
>> This could be packagers, I am not sure of course. But my belief is
>> that the coding is way ahead of the documentation. And I still
>> maintain that this is bad coding practice, regardless of being
>> voluntary or paid for work.
>>
> Some distros ship manuals in a separate package, which you have to
> choose to install, so check for that.
>

thanks for that Anne, it did the trick!
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