hmm, on Mon, May 04, 2009 at 10:18:59PM +0200, Claudio Jeker said that
> Sorry you blame the wrong people. Get us free helvetica, times, and all

i am not blaming anyone.  but the whole system is being changed
because one application is misbehaving.  it is not making a
whole class of problems go away (so far noone presented any
examples how this was a problem besides firefox), it creates
new ones.

this is inconsistent with what i became accustomed to both
in terms of openbsd philosophy and that of ports@

if an application is broken, fix it or make a cludge in the package.
this is the ports approach.

i wouldnt be surprised if someone in the thread called me now a whiner
because i have already written 4 mails because of this and i am not a
developer and i "dont get the problem anyway" and i should go and run
linux.  but sometimes people need to be reminded to keep going in the
direction they have created even if that means they will call you a whiner.

and of course in any case i can deal with it on my own.  but just like
everyone else i like to be as close to the released system as possible.

anyway, i presented my case, and also rest it.  i just felt necessary
to voice my opinion for what it's worth.  thank you for your attention.

-f
ps. i am not hostile.  even. a. bit.
-- 
the worst form of failure is the failure to try.

Reply via email to