* Kate Ebneter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000216 17:07] wrote:
>
>
> Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> >
> > All I'm asking for the is that the code be axed entirely... or
> > heaven forbid patches accepted to actually fix the troublesome
> > crap.
> >
> > Allowing this garbage to stagnate for over a year really boggles
> > the mind. In fact it'd be really easy to get rid of it, all the
> > code is wrapped with '#ifdef PRESERVE_PERMISSIONS_SUPPORT' it'd be
> > trivial to take it out.
>
> Ahhhhh ... so THIS is what you're ranting about! Well, TURN IT OFF. It's
> open source. Or fix it in your own source. And forget about it. It's not
> worth getting worked up over, you know?
So some other kid who tries to turn it on gets screwed over the
same way I did? First by it being broken and then second by having
patches to fix it rejected or ignored?
You've got to be kidding yourself if you think that's something
I'd wish on anyone else.
> > It doesn't work, it never worked, it's not been working for over
> > a year and patches aren't be accepted to fix it... get rid of it.
>
> Alfred, welcome to the wonderful world of volunteerism. (BTW, there are
> bugs in some Microsoft commercial software that have been there for
> YEARS. At least with open source, you can fix it for yourself.)
*rolls eyes*
Look, you're obviously one of people that just doesn't get the
whole idea behind open source, as indicated by you not seeing a
problem with forking an entirely new version of gcc!
One shouldn't have to fork a project just to get some real fixes in.
The ideal situation is one where you contribute back to the community,
and _not_ fork a proprietary version. Forking a proprietary version
should be the last thing one thinks about and one of the main ideas
behind the GPL.
And yes, I know what volunteerism is about, I work on a project that
happens to have a very clear view on non-functional code, we ditch
it.
Let's say I introduced a feature into the kernel that panic'd the
system and trashed the filesystem if someone used it...
There'd be no way that it would still be in the source tree if I
hadn't fixed or maintained it in under a few weeks, nevermind over
a year.
The idea to leave such a landmine in the project would never cross
my mind.
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-Alfred Perlstein - [[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
