On Wednesday 03 October 2001 07:53 pm, John Summerfield wrote: > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Lamar Owen wrote: > > On Monday 01 October 2001 07:33 pm, John Summerfield wrote: > > > Time to get your act together fellas.
> > This is open source John, not rocket science. (pun intended) > Hmm. Kids I was at school with were building rockets in their backyards. > OSS is similarly a backyard affair. Awhere's the difference;-) But that's a _hobby_, not 'rocket science' -- and the pun was that there _is_ a rocket scientist among us.... Lots of us here are doing this as a hobby. > > Lighten up. The release will happen, regardless of minor server issues > > (that are being worked out right now, even as I write, by highly capable > > professionals, who, BTW, are doing this on a volunteer basis). > I appreciate the volunteer point. However, a project in disarray is a > project in disarray whether volunteer or not. Two weeks of disarray versus 5 years of soloid performance. You'd think a couple of weeks of temporary pain wouldn't be a big deal. > PG isn't perfect - we all know that. Nor is the project administration. > When there's a problem identified, someone has to take responsibility for > fixing it, and someone has to ensure the person reporting the problem has a > way forward. And the problem is being addressed. Patience is a good watchword. > "Lighten up" isn't the right response. Examine your project. See what > points I make have merit. Welcome criticism. You don't have to like the > message you know;-) No, I don't have to like the message. But the message can be phrased in a more polite way, as has been pointed out. You were just being a little too _serious_ about it, that's all. Give it a week or two, and things will be OK. The issues are in Vince and Marc's very capable hands -- but, as Marc said, this stuff has lived in the same place for >5 years -- and lots of interdependencies had to be addressed. And they _are_being addressed. -- Lamar Owen WGCR Internet Radio 1 Peter 4:11 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
