> I differ a bit. If the port were removed, there'd be even less incentive > to work to fix it in future. But, if testing shows it doesn't work, it > should be marked as BROKEN for releases, yes. Now, wrt testing, it > applies what others said: Everyone is asked to contribute, even if the > contribution is only testing and feedback.
Oh yes, I agree, I am not complaining because gnumeric does not work, I complain because I understand that a released software shoud not have such kinds of trivial bugs. If the porters cannot fix it, it should be marked as BROKEN, just to avoid to the potential OpenBSD users thinking that they have that application ready to use. When I first discover OpenBSD after some years using Linux, I got in love with it, I liked its philosophy very much, its correctness, its documentation, the way the kernel boots, Everything is where you spect it to be. Sometimes linux is a mess. I looked at the package list, just to see if I could use the same applications I used to work under Linux. I said yes!, I can use GNOME, GNUMERIC, VLC, Vim, etc.. great!. But I have realized that it was not true. > > Just before the code freeze for 3.9, for example, there was a request on > the OpenBSD lists to test stuff *now*. That would've been the best time > to try out everything you'd possibly like and report back on it. That'd > have ensured that the port would either be fixed or marked BROKEN in > time. Yes, I would have liked to help, but I have not had enough free time. Ramiro, > > Kind regards, > > Hannah.
