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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release
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Paul Hedderly |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release |
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Wed, 8 Oct 2003 22:41:22 +0100 |
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On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 08:07:13AM -0500, Mark A. Flacy wrote:
> >>>>> "Paul" == Paul Hedderly <address@hidden> writes:
> Paul>
> Paul> On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 10:02:55PM -0500, Mark A. Flacy wrote:
> >>
> >> Bugs remaining:
> >>
> >> - build hopelessly broken on anything other than the version of Debian
> >> used by the author. (OK, that's hyperbole. It's certainly broken with
> >> "GNU Make 3.80" )
> >>
> >> - no information from the make file to tell what version of ANYTHING that
> >> is required to build tlator.
> >>
> >> - no information in ANY OTHER FILE in the tarball to tell victims what
> >> versions of tools are required to build tlator.
> >>
> >> These are old problems, solved by automake and autoconf a long, long, long
> >> time ago. For crying out loud, could you at least provide the 3rd bullet
> >> in your next release?
> >>
> >> Sheesh.
> Paul>
> Paul> Mark, I understand your frustration, and I would also understand the
> Paul> tone of your mail... if you were paying for this software. I would
> Paul> rather have seen a "thankyou for the code, but there are some problems
> Paul> which could be solved with the autol* tools such as ..."
>
> I see. You wanted me to say "Thank you for the code that I cannot compile
> upon my system. Thank you for not providing any information in the code to
> tell me what I would need to compile the code on any system, much less my
> own. Thank you for requesting my time and effort to evaluate your software
> without the providing the least amount of effort to indicate to me the
> tools required to do so. Thank you for reinforcing the concept in some
> people's minds (not my own) that Open Source software is written by
> amateurs for amateurs."
For the record, no. That is not what I said, nor what I intended.
> Yes, I can do that.
But it would be silly.
--
Paul
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