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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release
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Samium Gromoff |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release |
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Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:42:09 +0400 |
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At Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:07:13 -0500,
Mark A. Flacy wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Hedderly <address@hidden> writes:
> Paul>
> Paul> On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 10:02:55PM -0500, Mark A. Flacy wrote:
> >>
> >> Bugs remaining:
> >>
> >> - build hopelessly broken on anything other than the version of Debian
> >> used by the author. (OK, that's hyperbole. It's certainly broken with
> >> "GNU Make 3.80" )
> >>
> >> - no information from the make file to tell what version of ANYTHING that
> >> is required to build tlator.
> >>
> >> - no information in ANY OTHER FILE in the tarball to tell victims what
> >> versions of tools are required to build tlator.
> >>
> >> These are old problems, solved by automake and autoconf a long, long, long
> >> time ago. For crying out loud, could you at least provide the 3rd bullet
> >> in your next release?
> >>
> >> Sheesh.
> Paul>
> Paul> Mark, I understand your frustration, and I would also understand the
> Paul> tone of your mail... if you were paying for this software. I would
> Paul> rather have seen a "thankyou for the code, but there are some problems
> Paul> which could be solved with the autol* tools such as ..."
>
> I see. You wanted me to say "Thank you for the code that I cannot compile
> upon my system. Thank you for not providing any information in the code to
> tell me what I would need to compile the code on any system, much less my
> own. Thank you for requesting my time and effort to evaluate your software
> without the providing the least amount of effort to indicate to me the
> tools required to do so. Thank you for reinforcing the concept in some
> people's minds (not my own) that Open Source software is written by
> amateurs for amateurs."
>
> Yes, I can do that.
>
>
> Paul>
> Paul> With Open Source we have to treat each other with respect - not
> Paul> demands.
>
> Your concept of respect is markedly different from mine.
Okay. I`m officially lame, and i do not try to argue with it.
But i promise i`ll try to avoid these problems in the future.
Actually i recognise now that these few hours i saved in a rush for
release were remarkably repayed by the deficiencies which actually
wasted time of _other_ people.
> --
> Mark A. Flacy
> Any opinions expressed above are my own. Any facts expressed above
> would imply that I know what I'm writing about. Sometimes, I do!
> "If you think the problem is bad now, just wait until we've solved it."
> -- Arthur Kasspe
regards, Samium Gromoff
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Mark A. Flacy, 2003/09/09
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Jan Hudec, 2003/09/09
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, MJ Ray, 2003/09/09
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Stig Brautaset, 2003/09/09
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Samium Gromoff, 2003/09/09
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Colin Walters, 2003/09/08
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Samium Gromoff, 2003/09/09
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Mark A. Flacy, 2003/09/09
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, MJ Ray, 2003/09/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, MJ Ray, 2003/09/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Robert Anderson, 2003/09/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, MJ Ray, 2003/09/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Robert Collins, 2003/09/17
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Jan-Benedict Glaw, 2003/09/16
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Samium Gromoff, 2003/09/17