Wow, this is turning into a Duke Nukem Forever type of argument. Would you rather have quality software or rushed software?
I think it needs to be stressed more to the general public as to why some things take longer to release as an officially supported package. On 07/10/05, Dave Loftis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How about. Add the following source to your sources.list, and you can pull > the very experimental package (http://....) and when posting > bugs/problems/etc. put them in bugzilla at this URL (...) and flag them as > XYZ. > > Or maybe. There is not any package built in any tree. > > Or any number of actual ANSWERS to the original or following question. > > -dave > > > On 07 Oct 2005 13:07:32 -0400, Paul Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > %% Dave Loftis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > dl> I have to admit, this is the answer I mostly expected, the "it's > > dl> ready when it's ready." It seems to me typical of linux culture, > > dl> and for all the talk about bringing new users to linux and how > > dl> FOSS is really great and better than proprietary software, It > > dl> doesn't help our cause. > > > > I'm not trying to be argumentative; I'm truly asking this: what would > > you like to hear instead? > > > > The answer may be frustrating, but it's honest! The reality is, no one > > is getting paid for this; there's no way to know when it will be > > available; any timeframe given has a very small likelihood of being > > accurate. > > > > Some larger community projects like Gnome, which are at least subsidized > > by corporate backers, can provide more accurate and stable release > > estimates. But, that's not Debian. > > > > What can people say when asked "when?" that would satisfy users, if the > > real answer is "we have no earthly idea!"? > > > > > > I do agree with you, though, that it would be nice if there were more > > organized and visible information about the current state of Gnome (both > > 2.10 and newer versions) in Debian, and instructions for people who > > aren't DD's and/or don't code but would like to be involved and help > > out. > > > > Cheers! > > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> HASMAT--HA Software Mthds & > Tools > > "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad > Scientist > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > These are my opinions--Nortel takes no responsibility for them. > > > > > > -- getfirefox.com ../|,-'`¯¯`\(o)_\,----,,,_ The Browser Reloaded ( `\(o),,_/` ¯ : o : : :o `-, Download it today, it's free!
