Well said. Actually, I would have put it quite differently but that's only cause I am a dumb ass redneck who would not have been quite so polite! Keith Watson (not Keith Asshole) On 01:13 PM, Hynek Hanke wrote: > Keith Hinton p???e v Ne 18. 02. 2007 v 21:59 -0700: > > It didn't go through it's proper testing? > > Well, could you perhaps have that proper testing take place? > > Hello Keith, > > I think there is a misunderstanding going on there. Given the very > limited resources we Free Software accessibility developers have > and given the model of Free Software development itself, the > developement of software is highly dependent on the help we receive from > the community. We depend on your help with our software and with our > motivation to continue the work. See us as your colleagues, not your > slaves. (This is very different from the proprietary model of > developement of software.) > > In this particular case, we need confirmation from someone reporting the > bug, that the issue has been fixed before we proceed with making the > release. I don't see how we could test it on our machines since it is > not crashing on our machines (including AMD64). I'd like to stress that > it is you, not me, who can make the release faster or slower. > > But if you don't want to experiment, this is ok. You are not required to > (the exact reason of my warning). Just have patience. Some other people > will test it. Lorenzo Taylor was very helpful in this. I hope there will > be an official release as soon as possible. > > Have a nice day, > Hynek Hanke > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant but those with illusions of knowledge. - B. Alan Wallace
