I don't actually think the majority here are 'negative' (but I do think Phillip Kerman made some very good points).
Personally I'm very happy to test and help get the bugs out in the interests of making a better product, but I'm never quite sure if my unfamiliarily with Perl, Java and Linux is a help or a hinderance in that process! (I do figure that if I have a problem with a Windows version, then probably the 'average' user will too - so that's got to be useful). I also understand (from personal experience) the problems of software and hardware product development, and the pressures on small companies in a competitive marketplace. A couple of things do worry me though, and they are probably a result of my unfamilirity with Perl and the open-source community. I wonder whether the choice of Perl is now causing many of the 'resource hogging' problems that seem to be at the root of many of the complaints. As the size and complexity of the code has increased, is the overhead of an interpreted language just too much? The other thing that worries me is the structure and documentation of the code itself. I know (again from personal experience) that when the pressure's on, dotting 'i's and crossing 't's is the first thing to go, and (to me) Perl looks very terse and unstuctured anyway. That can't make it easy to develop and maintain. Forgive me if I'm speaking out of turn, but I do appreciate the effort that's being put in, and I hope I am helping rather than hindering that effort. Patrick -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of kdf Sent: 04 April 2005 08:10 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] re: "EMPTY" when browsing Quoting Michael Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >Please try the latest nightly - either 6.0.1 or 6.1 - this should be fixed > there. > > > >-D > > > I've patiently waited weeks for the new version 6. Not even a week after its > release and we're back to 'try the latest nightly'. Excellent! > so don't use it. go back and join the crowd who refuse to test. your other option is to wait months until someone else with a more constructive frame of mind takes the time to test and it gets fixed. Personally, I've become sickened by the negative attitudes here. -kdf _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
