Re: [Gimp-developer] Refactoring code from GPL to LGPL

2004-05-23 Thread David Neary
Hi,

Manish Singh wrote:
snip
 But it's pretty
 clear that you never bother to do any research before posting.

snip

 You must
 have some weird sort of logic goes on in your head that made you conflate
 these things.

snip
 But your postings leave the impression that you do not understand
 it.
 
 Then again, this disjoint thinking is probably one of the reasons there
 hasn't been much progress on your project.

Was there any reason to be this unpleasant, yosh? This thread was
long finished, and you certainly didn't contribute anything
meaningful to it - wouldn't it have been easier to say nothing
than be an asshole?

Cheers,
Dave.

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   David Neary,
   Lyon, France
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Refactoring code from GPL to LGPL

2004-05-23 Thread Manish Singh
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 09:11:49PM +0200, David Neary wrote:
 Hi,
 
 Manish Singh wrote:
 snip
  But it's pretty
  clear that you never bother to do any research before posting.
 
 snip
 
  You must
  have some weird sort of logic goes on in your head that made you conflate
  these things.
 
 snip
  But your postings leave the impression that you do not understand
  it.
  
  Then again, this disjoint thinking is probably one of the reasons there
  hasn't been much progress on your project.
 
 Was there any reason to be this unpleasant, yosh? This thread was
 long finished, and you certainly didn't contribute anything
 meaningful to it - wouldn't it have been easier to say nothing
 than be an asshole?

I *did* contribute something meaningful, which you seem to have conveniently
snipped out: the fact that clueless Robin completely missed the point that
there was plenty of refactoring done into GPL libraries, quite independent
of the PDB infastructure.

The reason to be so harsh is that Robin keeps on spreading his lies and
misinformation about the GIMP project. He completely deserves to be called
on his lack of understanding and knowledge, and his complete inexperience
with real software development.

Dave, ask yourself why you replied to this. The thread was long finished,
and *you* certainly didn't contribute anything meaningful to it. And if
you must reply to this, don't clutter the list with it further.

-Yosh
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Refactoring code from GPL to LGPL

2004-05-23 Thread Christopher Curtis
Manish Singh wrote:
snipped out: the fact that clueless Robin completely missed the point that
there was plenty of refactoring done into GPL libraries, quite independent
of the PDB infastructure.
[...]
misinformation about the GIMP project. He completely deserves to be called
on his lack of understanding and knowledge, and his complete inexperience
with real software development.
Hmm ... seeing as most decisions seem to be made on IRC, patches are 
only accepted if they are attached to bugs in the BTS, and evidently 
it's some great sin to ask a question here, what exactly IS the purpose 
of this mailing list?

Or is Robin just special?  I would imagine that if there are any 
archives of this mailing list that people can search that the number of 
flagrantly ignorant questions would go down.  Of course, if the list 
archives convery no knowledge except 'ask not lest ye don asbestos and 
return none the wiser' that the archives are better off nonexistant.

Chris
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Re: [Gimp-developer] Refactoring code from GPL to LGPL

2004-05-23 Thread Manish Singh
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 07:19:20PM -0400, Christopher Curtis wrote:
 Manish Singh wrote:
 
 snipped out: the fact that clueless Robin completely missed the point that
 there was plenty of refactoring done into GPL libraries, quite independent
 of the PDB infastructure.
 [...]
 misinformation about the GIMP project. He completely deserves to be called
 on his lack of understanding and knowledge, and his complete inexperience
 with real software development.
 
 Hmm ... seeing as most decisions seem to be made on IRC, patches are 
 only accepted if they are attached to bugs in the BTS, and evidently 
 it's some great sin to ask a question here, what exactly IS the purpose 
 of this mailing list?
 
 Or is Robin just special?  I would imagine that if there are any 
 archives of this mailing list that people can search that the number of 
 flagrantly ignorant questions would go down.  Of course, if the list 
 archives convery no knowledge except 'ask not lest ye don asbestos and 
 return none the wiser' that the archives are better off nonexistant.

Robin *is* a special idiot. He is Mr. Cinepaint, which is heavily based
on the film branch of gimp, from the 1.0 days. For someone who has
supposedly been working with the filmgimp codebase for so long, he displays
a pretty major lack of understanding of how the code works, and how
free software licensing works.

He has continually spread lies and misinformation about the GIMP project,
in some strange attempt to promote his own project. I suspect it's trying
to make a smokescreen to cover up his obvious technical inadequacies and
inexperience.

If a newbie had asked the same question he did, it would've been fine,
and this is the appropriate forum. But Robin is not a newbie: he claims
to have been working on the filmgimp code for years. On top of that, he
has been badmouthing the GIMP project for years, with no basis, so I'm
going to call him on his idiocy.

-Yosh
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