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A reply to my enquiry and comment about libgal was made yesterday, a copy
of which is attached. See how bad tempered it is. My reply is
below.
it is true that I have not been using linux for long, but this does not
mean that I am stupid. It is also true that I quite like abiword - if I
did not then I would not bother to try to upgrade the program.
I have looked repeatedly in rpm.net but have not found the file. I
have also looked on the ximian site and the Gnome site but have not found the
file.
I am very sorry that you cannot take criticism, but the fact remains that
the libgal file is obscure, and therefor hard to find. If you insist on
making a program which uses obscure files then at least provide a page of links
to these files.
I find that the content of the attachment is bad tempered, and
sneeky. My message was open - for all too see. But yours is
personal, and hidden - like you do not want anyone too see what a 'nice guy' you
are, or how well you can take a fair comment.
I shall be posting the attachment, along with this reply for all too
see.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dom Lachowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: david thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: AbiWord User List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 3:08 PM
Subject: Re: libgal.so.7-revisited |
On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 05:25, david thompson wrote: > I know ihave asked this before, but, does anyone know where to get libgal.so.7. It >seems ridiculous that abisource should make abiword that requires a file which is >very obscure to work properly. > > If the makers of abiword are reading this - come on guys get it together and put >links on your site to what is needed.
Not only do we provide a darn good word processor on something like 5 platforms (not counting gtk vs. gnome and all of the different unixes out there...), but we also provide the source code, help-lists, faqs, documentation, binaries, irc, and a bug tracking database - all free of charge. Sometimes I don't know why we do it because 9 times out of 10 we end up getting grief from people like yourself. That's not to say that there aren't many appreciative users out there (they are actually by far the majority...), but rather that people like yourself are all the more vocal. We provide these binaries in hopes that they will be useful to you. They are only guaranteed to work on the builder's machine, but have also been tested by at least one third party. If they don't work on your machine, well I do apologize, but Ximian also ships Gnome versions of AbiWord that are guaranteed to work for your particular configuration. Wait the extra 2 days that it typically takes for them to build AbiWord binaries. Please learn how to use rpmfind.net and rpm and maybe even ln -s. A good craftsman never blames his tools. An adequate craftsman at least knows how to use his tools. A beginner craftsman at least knows that things called tools exist... Dom /rpm -Uvh --nodeps abi*.rpm
