On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:26:17PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote: > This is an example of why I've been moving away from FOSS. Someone makes > a good point in a bug report and the programmer/developer/maintainer > throws it back in his face, which allows the bug to be closed out quickly. > > I think it's a legitimate concern and just because one person pointed it > out does not mean it only effects one person.
It's ridiculous, and as you write unfortunately typical. I recall getting similar "Sorry, I don't care" stuff from developers as far back as when StarOffice was first freed. What to do? Well, in my case, I switch to different FOSS. So ... I guess I move to something other than Debian. Oh well. -- Carl Fink [email protected] Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
