Jim Henderson wrote:
Nor does Lubos' poor phrasing mean we need to start another flamewar. Please.
Jim, I know you've been on a long time and have heard all this before, and I suppose that since I don't remember Bob S's name from very long ago, we should maybe cut him a _little_ slack, but I have to say all my sympathy is with Lubos, Sven, Will Stephenson, etc., etc., who have spoken out repeatedly on this list, saying that kde had become unmanageable and needed to be rewritten from scratch using modern software technology and management methods. They've been repeatedly blown off by a number of people who can't accept that their old favorites aren't at their fingers _right_now_, so the developers are <pick your favorite set of expletives>. Almost all the complaints have been addressed, but new complaints replace them. The complainers are never willing to accept either that their complaints have been addressed or are being addressed, and they are rarely willing to be civil -- some have even openly refused to help Dotan Cohen and Larry Stotler collect and convey their concerns in a reasonable manner to the kde developers, insisting on their prerogative to fill the list with bile and vituperation. So, while we're cutting Bob S a little slack for maybe not having heard all this before and blown it off, I think we need to cut the developers a little slack, too, for having had to put with this crap for so long and so many times. John Perry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org