Slightly off topic .. but is still just as important. I saw this post in the comp.os.linux.advocacy newsgroup and it was something that I personally feel that others should look at. Mail the Developers since this post was directed somewhat towards them.
Chad D. Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/ In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ben Bullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... >The last time I looked at anything done by Debian linux was the >"Debian patch" for gmp, the Gnu multiple precision library. I found a >mistake within one minute of looking at it. This mistake had been >introduced by one Mr. Ian Jackson of Cambridge university. I did >report his mistake to him, but he didn't reply. I get an awful lot of mail, as you might expect. I don't remember seeing a message from you. Could you please tell me when you sent me this message, and from what email address ? The Message-ID would be useful too. I do not delete mail sent to me personally (as opposed to that sent to a mailing list or from cron), so I will have a copy of it somewhere, but I need to know where to look. If you still have a copy I'd appreciate it if you would post it here. Others have pointed out that the Debian Project have a bug tracking system which will ensure that bug reports do not get lost even if developers happen to miss or lose the email in question. The Project would like you to submit your bug reports there. >I agree that is very odd indeed that no-one else on ucam.comp.linux >(my local newsgroup about linux where followups to this message are >directed) ever has any problems at all with Debian linux. Even when I >point out exactly where the bug is, in great detail, I still get >hordes of foaming-at-the-mouth loonies shouting at me and blaming my >incompetence for everything. This is odd. Suffice it to say that those of us on this newsgroup who read your postings have a different view of the matter. >What could possibly explain this phenomenon, apart from widespread >mental illness? I note that Bill Gates lately said that he regards >free software as one of his biggest competitors, and further note that >he is planning to give Cambridge university large quantities of money. >I wonder how much money Ian Jackson and his fellow Debian "developers" >such as Peter Benie and Martin Hardcastle are going to get from Bill >Gates by distributing their mangled versions of free software packages >and thus putting people off free software for life? Please retract this libellous allegation immediately. If you do not do so I shall contact your postmaster and/or take legal action against you (and/or them, if they fail to act appropriately). -- Ian Jackson personal email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> These opinions are my own. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ijackson/ PGP2 public key id 0x23f5addb, fingerprint 5906F687 BD03ACAD 0D8E602E FCF37657 -- Chad D. Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
