Re: gEDA-user: 20050329 install problem

[Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 06 April 2005 23:35, Marvin Dickens wrote:
>On Wednesday 06 April 2005 23:16, Gene Heskett wrote:
><<<<<<big snippage >>>>>>
>
>> Thats another of the programs I make from tarballs.  Using k3b
>> also, all I can say is that it Just Works(TM).  Just Works great
>> that is.
>
>Same here. The version that ships with SuSE (9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3)
> is badly broken - Like most everything else the distro houses
> custom massage.  You would think that after 3 releases of the same
> broken code, SuSE, which is now Novell, would grok that it doesn't
> work.
>
>Best
>
>Marvin

Well, I *did* consider grabbing the src rpm from rh, and when it was 
unpacked, subbing the real code from Jorg, but that seemed like it 
was more trouble than it was worth. I think I'd have had to hack the 
build script to delete the patching it probably does too.

My whole point is: Why fix it if its not broken?  Jorg has now got a 
big enough burr under his saddle that I get the impression from 
reading some of his more sane posts, that he would very much like to 
take it away from the GPL and be done with the marketing twerps once 
and for all.  Such a move would not in the least surprise this old 
fart.  Yes, Jorg can be 'difficult', but at the end of the day it is 
still his code.  We, the users, and the recipients of his largess, 
should not forget that.


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