On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 05:23:13PM -0600, "Jamin W. Collins"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 17:06, Tim van Erven wrote:
>>> I think these could be pushed off for a while, maybe added an update
>>> release to follow. GnomeICU doesn't have support for these yet, either.
>>> The big thing would be to get a functional release out that provides
>>> support for most the new protocol. This would be highly benificial for
>>> those that don't normally run the CVS version.
>>
>> Why? I think releasing licq in its current state would only confuse
>> people not on this list. At least if they get it from CVS they'll know
>> they're running a devel version. If they're running an official release
>> they'll start to expect things like all features working and all that.
>
> Mainly for two reasons:
>
> 1) contrary to popular believe not all linux users know how to use CVS
> and compile applications
Which acts as a nice selection mechanism: those who can't figure out
how to use CVS (and that's ok, we're all still learning!) generally
don't follow licq-devel very closely and therefore wouldn't be up to
speed on all the program's quircks.
> 2) the current actual release of Licq is broken (ICQ no longer supports
> use of that protocol version)
Well, I only switched to the CVS version very recently and 1.0.4 used
to mostly work for me. But if it's gotten to the point where it's
really unusable perhaps an interim release is in order.
--
Tim van Erven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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