From: Alan Horkan (horkana@maths.tcd.ie)
Date: Sat Aug 23 2003 - 19:00:56 EDT
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> Distributions like Gentoo dont pretend to be user friendly, Debian doesn't
> much either,
> > I was compiling from source, hence the "compile" and "./configure".
> > Don't really see a reason why a gentoo listserv would give
>
>
> that is not nice, and it is not smart to patronise Martin in particular or
> anyone else just because they dont happen to know exactly how to use your
> distribution.
> As much as I don't want to get dragged into this I have to respond to a
> couple of your points that I find confusing.
>
> First of all, compiling from CVS was Martin's suggestion.
CVS is likely to be slightly more stable than emerge because things are
getting more stable by the day in the run up to 2.0
I was merely pointing out the compiling either from emerge or from CVS is
inevitabley the more difficult option.
> I don't agree that following his suggestion placed me in a "niche" that
by niche I mean a very small minority of users.
> didn't deserve any help. Even if you and he think it does, however, Dom
and I was not suggesting you dont deserve help I was pointing out that
only a limted amoutn of help is actually available, and people are doing
their best, complaining about Martin helps no one.
> had already answered my question so responding to a post merely to state
> that one is surprised that the poster can't figure something out (on a
> help listserv, no less--presumably everyone here is going to be having
> trouble figuring _something_ out) and that he or she should change distros
> after asking how to get a plugin working is both rude and unreasonable.
Maybe if that had been the first thing he said but having exhausted all
other options it is not such a bad idea to point out the last remianing
option. Can Gentoo not borrow Debian binaries?
> I never said the developers, as a whole, were being rude, though. In
> almost every reply I've thanked the people responding for their patience
> and assistance.
>
> Finally, if Abiword 2 "worked fine" I'm assuming it wouldn't still be in
> the beta stage but, of course, I wasn't having a problem with abiword, I
> was asking Martin whether I needed to recompile abiword against libwpd
> after following his suggestion.
>
> Thank you for your time but I think my questions have been answered as
> much as they are going to be.
I get defensive when people criticize the core developers.
Later
Alan
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