On 8 Jan 2012, at 08:11, Chris Forsythe <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Phat Bob wrote: > >> >> >> On 7 Jan 2012, at 22:04, smajor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Saturday, January 7, 2012 2:27:26 PM UTC-5, phat bob wrote: >>> >>> Please define "tons". 1.3.2 added two new displays which broke Growl when >>> run on case-sensitive filesystems. >>> >>> Read the changelog to start: >>> http://growl.info/documentation/version_history.php A little bit more than >>> two broken styles, although maybe "pounds" instead of "tons." >>> >>> Visit the googlecode site and check out the "Issues" area for another. You >>> can see if your issue might be addressed in an upcoming update. Shouldn't >>> be too much trouble for a dev to find their way around. >>> >>> Its admirable that you want to support the devs but I spent a number of >>> unpaid weekends trying to get 1.3.1 working before eventually rolling it >>> off 50 machines and putting 1.2.2 back - during which time putting up with >>> the abuse and heckling from my users. >>> >>> I guess that'll teach me to use "free" software then? Oh, hang on, 1.3.x >>> is the paid for version isn't it? :) >>> >>> As someone who is co-support for 1,400+ computers at a University, your >>> long weekends are, respectfully, your own fault. We'd NEVER roll out >>> software to 50, 100 or 500 machines without testing! >> >> I should have pointed out that the 50 users were the PoC team - we have 500 >> users running Growl. They still moan and grumble like real users though. >> >> My main frustration is that Growl simply broke comparability with almost all >> applications and the view from the developers is "meh, fix it yourself". We >> have a bunch of in-house applications, all of which would have required >> updating simply to support 1.3.x - something we don't have a business case >> for. >> >> We're now back on 1.2.2 and actively looking for an alternative to Growl. >> This isn't a threat or flame, by the way; just the way it is... >> > > Do these applications not use the framework? > > >>> Be it Adobe CS, Office, or something comparatively trivial as an FTP client >>> or, yes, even Growl. Even though it's been out a little while now, and it's >>> been rolled into my 10.7 master image, it's STILL in limited deployment >>> undergoing some testing. I'm comfortable enough with what I've seen that >>> it will make it into my summer faculty replacement cycle which will >>> encompass many more computers. >> >> We're private sector so have to justify any expenditure and upgrading 12 >> apps simply because some middleware has broken things doesn't stack up. >> >>> >>> As an aside, you might want to look at Remote Desktop and the task server >>> feature. While you might have lost a weekend; maybe only 1/2 of one, you >>> could have automated the shuffling around of Growl. Task it to run the >>> switch as each user's computer becomes visible, assuming you're not in a >>> position to have them all running and on the net at the same time. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Growl Discuss" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/growldiscuss/-/0YH7iXOB8rgJ. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Growl Discuss" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
