On 10/1/08, Peter Gordon <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 10:16 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: >> I am perfectly aware of how easy it is to replace applications but is your >> gram ma or your daughter. >> > > Beta and pre-releases in general are not usually suited to these types > of users anyway, so that's not helping your argument at all. Au contraire, mon ami. [On the contrary, my friend.] "Beta and pre-releases in general" (rawhide as we know it) is no more than a "Add/Remove Software" (Package Manager) Edit->Repositories, checkbox "development" away from my 93-year old, computer illiterate, cannot setup-his-way-out-of-a-vcr-remote grandfather adding complete crap packages on his desktop, you might reconsider that statement. In general, code quality in open source software currently SUCKS. Before you dedicated, talented programmers/analysts/designers get all defensive on me, forget it. I've been around longer than you, and have put more quality analysis hours in than you can fit on your pinky. Granted, I appreciate the effort, but now[1] the distro[2] needs to give more. jerry [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present [2] me, and everyone else.......... -- There's plenty of youth in America - it's time we find the "fountain of smart". -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
