Regarding latest CVS Tarball

Keith Watson Kwatson at smed.yi.org
Tue Feb 20 20:54:05 EST 2007


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 pí??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
> 
> 
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