On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 11:11, david thompson wrote: > 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.
I don't know what you've been smoking, but Dom's reply *was* public. And it was also very much a sensible reply for something like your original whinging mail. Had you asked more politely, you'd probably got the answer without the venting.... And you *did* notice the answer to your problem at the bottom of Dom's mail, right? Jesper ----------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
