On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Anton Aylward
Sadly too many developers respond "WONTFIX" since they don't see this as a valid bug.
This all comes back to how devs want to do things without considering the impact on the installed user base: 1. Xorg removing config files because it should "just work" & those of use with different monitors having to manually run xrandr on login to make the screens work properly(yes, I could write a script, but I shouldn't have to since the old way just worked once configured) 2. KDE4/Gnome3 being a completely new system over KDE3/Gnome2 & people being told to get over it. Which is why we now have TDE & Cinnamin/MATE. 3. Firefox going to a new UI in v29, yet having ready to go extensions to revert it to the "old way". I could list so many more. When you get right down to it, the majority of the FOSS community uses the software & are not programmers. We get told to learn how to program or get over it. Sure, the devs contribute their time & code, but they don't consider how the changes will affect the people who use their software. And it's not just FOSS. Look at Windows 8.x & the uproar over removing the start menu which worked for most for almost 20 years. As you said "Out with the old, in with the new." That's what is important now adays. Why waste time just improving what we have when we can throw the baby out with the bathwater & have a new one? I'm typing this on my "obsolete" Thinkpad T60p, Core2 Duo T7600g, 3GB RAM, FireGL 5200 with 256MB, 1TB HDD, 1600x1200 display. I mean it's an 8 year old laptop. Why would anyone waste their time using something so useless? Maybe because it works. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org