* David Raleigh Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2001-04-12 21:26 +0200: > Joris Lambrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To really start a fire here ... > 1. In many new packages, maybe most, the developers just press on and > don't pay attention to stable and unstable until they attain a version > 1.x. What good is it to have a version 0.4 instead of 0.7 of anything > in a "stable" distribution? Does "stable" have to be *so* old?
Personnally I don't care about a package's version number if it's stable and does its job. > Why not evaluate each package of pre-1.0 programs according to reality > instead of policy? Huh? > 2. It is unspeakable that I have to use Ctl-leftbutton when I have a > 3-button mouse. Huh?! > 7 logical buttons, which is what you have with a 3-button mouse, > should work without menus and configuration files or any such > nonsense. Huh! > I should be able to configure left handed, etc., with *one* > program. man gpm If I didn't get the irony in your posting: I'm not a native speaker ;) Andre Berger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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