> > As for the intent of my email, well, it really wasnt aimed at > > anyone in particular. Its just we always say "we dont support > > this... we dont support that". And you guys wonder why people wont > > use our software?
First off, people DO use our software. Stating otherwise is ridiculous because it's just not true. Secondly, we don't WANT people using Entrance and e17 and other things that are under heavy and active development. That's the whole freaking point! People shouldn't use it. If you can't write a patch, you shouldn't be using Entrance. And if you can, you should be able to solve problems yourself. It's not rude, or harsh, or unfair, or any of the things people typically whine about. It's a test. A rite of passage, if you will. If you can make it work on your own, you have proven that you have the ability to help, and that's great. We encourage those people to do so, as evidenced by the responses raster gave to shorne's patches. If, however, you cannot get it to work on your own, you've failed the test. You don't appear to have the ability (or determination, or patience, or any of the other things required to deal with this stuff) to help, so we don't have time to babysit you. Thus, you have two options: (1) Give up, or (2) Find a non-developer who's willing to help you out. People like Ben and Phil are often willing to help new users get things working, and that's a great help to the developers (as much as it annoys me sometimes...*grin*) because it saves them time that they can then spend on coding (or...*cough*...responding to rude e-mails...). > > If something has a lot of potential and its main developers dont > > want to improve it or let others help, then at the end of the day > > thats totally up to them. Anyone who believes that JeopardE doesn't want to improve Entrance or let others help is smoking something cheap. > > But dont you think everyone will lose a lot if this piece of code > > that had a lot of potential didnt "want" to be developed and > > pursued? See above. > > I think this would add to my story http://www.bash.org/?152037 If someone falls for that, that person is a sucker. Michael -- Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Time is the fire in which we burn." -- Dr. Tolian Soren (Malcolm McDowell), "Star Trek: Generations" ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: The SF.net Donation Program. Do you like what SourceForge.net is doing for the Open Source Community? Make a contribution, and help us add new features and functionality. Click here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
