[Bug 620191] Review Request: clawsker - Dialog to edit Claws Mail's hidden preferences

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Christoph Wickert <cwickert at fedoraproject.org> changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Christoph Wickert <cwickert at fedoraproject.org> 2011-01-08 19:47:18 EST ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> > Requires:       perl(Gtk2)
> > Requires:       perl(Locale::gettext)
> 
> Aren't these added automatically?

Yes, I can remove them.

> It's surprisingly well-hidden in the  System > Preferences  menu, which IMO is
> the wrong location for an application. Yes, it is an application. An
> application which does nothing else than editing another application's
> configuration file. 

Strictly speaking gnome-*-properties and alike are applications, too (where
application means binary). Just like clawsker they are a dialog to configure
something.

An application (where application means something that is in the 'Applications'
menu) is to do a certain task, to enable the user to do something, e.g. browse
the web, write a text or burn a CD, but not to configure something.
Applications have purpose that is not related to the software while preferences
are ends in themselves.

> It doesn't do anything related to the system environment.

That's why it's in 'Preferences' and not in 'Administration'.

> It should go into the  Applications > Internet  menu where Claws Mail is found,
> too.

I don't think so. First of all it is a settings dialog and second, clawsker and
claws mail cannot run at the same time. I'm afraid adding it to the
applications menu will be misleading and make people accidentally click one or
the other.

This being said I have no intentions to change the location.

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