Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread sm_os
The top-class idiotic mail from a "David Grant" deserved no response or at least not any polite one. Naturally I appreciate those bringing any relevant information, but do change the subject line, please. The incredible amount of work put into the free applications so many people benefit from

RE: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread Peter P. Benac
L PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 6:01 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: > Re: CYRUS = ) > > > > The top-class idiotic mail from a "David Grant" deserved no > response or at > leas

RE: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread Rob Siemborski
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Peter P. Benac wrote: > I for one would love to be able to use a SQL like MySQL to backend this > software. I don't have a problem with Berkeley DB, but I know MySQL, > Oracle, and Postgres to whole lot better. If I knew which routines actually > did the database work I don't

Re: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread Avtar Gill
Peter P. Benac wrote: The problem with Freeware is that most times the documents that accompany the software severely lack any substance. What needs to be stressed here is that its *free* software. You are more than welcome to donate either efforts (like Ken suggested) or funds to correct the

Re: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread Ken Murchison
Peter P. Benac wrote: The message did deserve a response; however, the tone of the message could have been more polite. Unlike David I let my jets cool before I fired off a message to the list, but I was indeed angry. The problem with Freeware is that most times the documents that accompany t

Re: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread Brian
Incidentally, even a cursory search through the archives would show that this has been debated to death and the developers have stated time and again that the benefits to a SQL backend haven't been worthwhile enough for them to want to implement it. There has been many cases of a lack of documenta

Re: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread Christian Schulte
Am Dienstag, 3. Februar 2004 15:53 schrieb Peter P. Benac: > I did mention the Documents could use a bit more polish, and Ken has asked > me to update the documents with the issues I had and how I overcame them. I > will do this, and I challenge each of you to do the same thing. And that is the wa

RE: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread Igor Brezac
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Peter P. Benac wrote: > I had asked several stupid questions on the list because I couldn't find > a stupid answer and I didn't get a single response. It took digging through > the archives and piecing together a solution. A solution that came mainly > from guessing. Luc

Re: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread Rob Siemborski
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Brian wrote: > Incidentally, even a cursory search through the archives would show that > this has been debated to death and the developers have stated time and > again that the benefits to a SQL backend haven't been worthwhile enough > for them to want to implement it. Note t

Re: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-18 Thread Joe Rhett
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 09:53:01AM -0500, Peter P. Benac wrote: > I had asked several stupid questions on the list because I couldn't find > a stupid answer and I didn't get a single response. For what it's worth, I'm sorry ... but I get really tired of trying to tell people that they have an

Documentation, Community & Advocacy was: RE: Kill this thread, it shouldn't have been one ( was: Re: CYRUS = ....)

2004-02-03 Thread Oliver Jones
I'm afraid I have to concur with this.  The documentation for Cyrus is very bad.  Much of what I have ever done with Cyrus has been constructed with guess work, trial and error, and browsing the mailing list archives or asking stupid questions on the list.  What documentation is available for C