Re: XFree 4.2.0 - again

2002-04-17 Thread Lasse Karkkainen
That's the result of reading your (=Debian developers') rude replies to very polite questions asked by other people. If you claim that your first post was polite I am truly amazed. It was a very rude and very clueless attack against Branden. You owe him an apology. My message was not meant

XFree 4.2.0 - again

2002-04-15 Thread Lasse Karkkainen
Hi! (it's my first post here) You are probably sick and tired of this topic, but ... IT'S A QUARTER YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF 4.2.0 RELEASE! Yes, it really has been three (3) months (!) since it was released. Time to throw some gasoline on the flames ... Branden apparently is incapable of releasing

Re: XFree 4.2.0 - again

2002-04-15 Thread Lasse Karkkainen
Someone said that X is a difficult package to maintain and that there is nothing wrong if PACKAGING it takes 3+ months. People have managed to install it from sources in matter of HOURS (well, that didn't work for me, dunno why). Based on that packaging it during a single weekend should be

Re: XFree 4.2.0 - again

2002-04-15 Thread Lasse Karkkainen
Forgot to cc this to the list.. The message is attached. ---BeginMessage--- I think your case would be more convincing if you mentioned some particular reason why Debian ought to upgrade. Presumably it supports more cards or something. Having the current version is not super important in and of