"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
>
> No, YOU don't get it.
>
> He's trying to make Mandrake into a great distrbution by getting them to
> fix up what's wrong, and you're telling him that he shouldn't say that.
>
> That's just too stupid for words.
Brian:
He's screaming and hollering about "bugs" because they're not showing up
on Mandrake's bug database and going around bad-mouthing it for problems
that are (as far as I can tell) a result of the way he configured his
machine.
It's not helpful -- it's disruptive and it distracts Mandrake's people
from *real* bug-fixing.
I've been on countless bug tracking lists, and you know what I see? Lots
of people who don't know how to set up their software hollering at the
top of their lungs "Hey, I found a bug! Fix this now! Your software is
shit!" - There is a way to make bug reports. This is not one of them.
Mandrake has a wish-list e-mail address -- let him use that, that will
help improve the distribution.
Software development is bloody hard work, just so you know -- there's a
lot to consider, a lot to plan, and it takes time. Given that 7.0 is
Mandrake's first proper distribution, I think it's fair to give them the
benefit of the doubt.
Anyway, like you, I'm tiring of this whole discussion.
-Stephen-
