Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-10 Thread Doug Barton
On 05/06/10 23:27, Ion-Mihai Tetcu wrote: > > Compared to the major Linux distros, you might want to keep one thing > in mind: we are not backed-up by a commercial entity that pays for our > work and for the hardware to do the work on. Indeed, I am not aware of > any ports committer hired by someon

RE: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-10 Thread Tim A
Funny enough, I cannot contribute to this thread anymore, as it appears that only a fraction of the messages in this thread ended in my mail box. I understand this is a deliberate and convenient policy! Tim __

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-06 Thread Ion-Mihai Tetcu
[ top posting makes it hard to read ] On Fri, 7 May 2010 03:27:50 +0300 Mihai Militaru wrote: > Sarcasm may not be an excuse for an irrational behavior. I don't understand what you are referring to above. And let me note there is a difference between sarcasm and insults. > I noted this "sup

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-06 Thread Mark Linimon
On Fri, May 07, 2010 at 03:27:50AM +0300, Mihai Militaru wrote: > Most questions I investigated since I'm on this system have been > answered already here and there on the internet by some maintainers, > things like: "go read the Bible", "it is a problem with your hardware", > "you've done somethin

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-06 Thread Stacy Millions
Mihai Militaru wrote: Sarcasm may not be an excuse for an irrational behavior. I noted this "suprematism" he's talking about as well, although I'd not call it like that - it assumes a superiority - but an unnecessary hubris. Most questions I investigated since I'm on this system have been answere

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-06 Thread Mihai Militaru
Sarcasm may not be an excuse for an irrational behavior. I noted this "suprematism" he's talking about as well, although I'd not call it like that - it assumes a superiority - but an unnecessary hubris. Most questions I investigated since I'm on this system have been answered already here and there

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-04 Thread Matthias Andree
Am 04.05.2010 12:10, schrieb Tim A: > >> > >> 4) I don't understand the suprematism attitude of the maintainers >> > >> in charge, who don't give a penny on the programs they are suppose >> > >> to maintain. They are only interested in the statistics generated >> > >> by their unprofessional ports

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-04 Thread Ion-Mihai Tetcu
On Tue, 4 May 2010 05:10:17 -0500 Tim A wrote: > > > > >> 4) I don't understand the suprematism attitude of the > > > >> maintainers in charge, who don't give a penny on the programs > > > >> they are suppose to maintain. They are only interested in the > > > >> statistics generated by their unp

RE: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-04 Thread Tim A
> > >> 4) I don't understand the suprematism attitude of the maintainers > > >> in charge, who don't give a penny on the programs they are suppose > > >> to maintain. They are only interested in the statistics generated > > >> by their unprofessional ports, but not in their quality. QED **

RE: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-04 Thread Tim A
Hi Matthias, Thank you for the email and your efforts. I have no problem with anything. Otherwise, your logic is wrong. At least one person was interested. Best, Tim > Subject: Fwd: Re: Dixit port bad management > To: cx...@live.com > Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 09:36:33 +02

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-03 Thread Ion-Mihai Tetcu
On Mon, 03 May 2010 21:10:05 +0200 Rene Ladan wrote: > On 03-05-2010 21:00, Garrett Cooper wrote: > > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Tim A wrote: > >> > >> 1) I don't understand why the Textproc/Dixit port is so badly > >> managed. The program itself is at version 10.4, while your > >> unprofe

RE: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-03 Thread Tim A
Thank you, Garrett and Rene. If the port is motherless or orphan, I will look into it an fix it during the summer. Tim _ Hotmail & Messenger. Get them on your phone now. http://go.microsoft

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-03 Thread Rene Ladan
On 03-05-2010 21:00, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Tim A wrote: >> >> 1) I don't understand why the Textproc/Dixit port is so badly managed. The >> program itself is at version 10.4, while your unprofessional port still >> stays at version 1.0.1, claiming that the GCC

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-03 Thread Garrett Cooper
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Tim A wrote: > > 1) I don't understand why the Textproc/Dixit port is so badly managed. The > program itself is at version 10.4, while your unprofessional port still stays > at version 1.0.1, claiming that the GCC 4.2 compilation is broken. > > 2) I don't underst

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-03 Thread Mark Linimon
On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 02:59:40PM -0500, Tim A wrote: > 4) I don't understand the suprematism attitude of the maintainers in > charge, who don't give a penny on the programs they are suppose to > maintain. They are only interested in the statistics generated by their > unprofessional ports, but no

Re: Dixit port bad management

2010-05-02 Thread Remko Lodder
On May 2, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Tim A wrote: > > 1) I don't understand why the Textproc/Dixit port is so badly managed. The > program itself is at version 10.4, while your unprofessional port still stays > at version 1.0.1, claiming that the GCC 4.2 compilation is broken. > > 2) I don't understa