Donavan Stanley reportedly babbled: > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 06:13:38 -0500, Donavan Stanley > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Let's put it bluntly: For the most part the developers do not CARE if >> it works for anyone else. If it works for us we're happy. > > > Actually it's more accurate to say we don't care if it doesn't works > for non-contributers.
That attitude is exactly why a package becomes an undesirable product. You want people to use your neat product.. you need to offer them something stable. And a piss on you attitude about everyone else does nothing for you or your package and along with the rediculous complexities involved in setting up much of it is one of the reasons that *NIX has had such a tough time making it mainstream on the desktop even though it is more than 30 years old. It HAS to be easy for Joe User or they will not touch it. Those of us who do this for a hobby are willing to deal with it.. but it needs to be easy for the average schmoe who does not have the technical skills to build a CVS bundle. And even for those of use who can do this, a stable is sometimes nice.. I hate to do an update on something that has worked, only to find the latest "updates" trashed everything. JMHO -R -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rich Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netlynx.us/rich/ ham radio: kf6arx ------------------------------------------------------------------------ No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ And remember - if it ain't broke, hit it again. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
