2008/7/29 Szabolcs Nagy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 7/29/08, Anselm R Garbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> 2008/7/29 markus schnalke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> "This keeps its userbase small and elitist. No novices asking >>> stupid >>> questions." >> >> Well, I removed this statement, now. It was on purpose 2 years ago, >> though. It wasn't intended as offense, however. >> >> I might restore this statement, if a new user shows up proposing or >> asking for a configuration file format. > > I see how it can be offensive, however there is a message there which > is important to the suckless philosophy/mission. > > 1.) dwm favours those who can appreciate (or even admire) the nice > code of it and not those who cry when "some multi-foobar-application > does not integrate well in the statusbar automagically". > > 2.) .h config because it is elitist and _fun_ for a c programmer > (apart from other technical reasons..) > > 3.) projects where the code cleanness and simplicity is the main > concern are extremely rare, most ppl don't even understand why is it > important. we find this fact sad and this should be emphasized. > > 4.) dwm can be used by the masses, it is quite usable actually, but > those who expect the usual trendy approach will be disappointed. they > should be warned! > > well most of it is already in /common/, but i liked the way it was stated > there.
Ok, I might have been to fast to remove it. But I prefer to restore this statement in common/ in a more project-independent way. Kind regards, --Anselm
