On 06/03/2011 09:28 PM, Alex wrote:
> Thank you very much for the total silence you met this thread with. > It warms the cockles of my heart to see there are still people > of character around in this wild and crazy world of ours. Jun 4, 2011 01:43:13 AM, DJ Lucas wrote: On a related note, it is actually nice to see that someone still cares enough to take the time to write a sarcastic message with some flavor in this day and age! :-) It sure beats the old "Thanks for nothing", grumble and leave routine. Due to your choice of writing style, I was unable to tell whether your sarcasm in the above quoted text was directed *at* lfs-support, or simply posted for the enjoyment of the readers. If not, you should understand that this is a volunteer community and that the reasons for silence are many, the most likely being that very few people use floppy drives any longer, making this community, at least, *unable* to assist. Fortunately, there are people upstream working on the kernel that do still use floppies and it was fixed. If your message was not directed *at* this list, only posted for entertainment, please ignore my comment above and know that I did enjoy reading your response right up until I read that last paragraph. ------- Hi DJ, First off. At (B)LFS, to which I've "belonged" for many years now, I met only nice people and whether volunteer or not, many high quality professionals. You, in particular, are at the top of my list. Period. What has gotten to me is the amateurism, mis-coordination and the ensuing constant and disgusting cover-up that has reached the highest levels of "open source" production (witness this incident, the "settle" in udev-168, Firefox-4.0 and -3.6.14, etc.). It's possible that, what with the recent and projected technological directions the world has taken, more people have started to see Linux as really irrelevant now and jumped ship (in the water or to other vistas and endeavors du jour). It's maybe a seemingly insignificant development - ironically, some poetic justice after years of constantly trashing the enemy - to find the Home button at the right on the new Firefox. Is that a white flag or what? If there is an AT, and there is one, it is clearly pointed at the _indifference_ shown by (B)LFS denizens at recent "open source" issues I alluded to (or had in mind). To see it more clearly, simply imagine one of Window$ iterations just dropping the floppy "enumeration" at one point. All Seattle area would've been gutted by fire in an instant. But then again, as I said, all may be excused and ascribed to the new attractions in town (and there are many and _valid_) luring people away from demanding the best (or at least a reasonable level of excellence) in Linux. Best wishes, -- Alex -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
