Re: 2.0.31 : please!

James C. Tsiao (thoth@roadkill.com)
Wed, 16 Jul 1997 16:40:54 -0500 (CDT)

After following this thread for the past few days, I've noticed that
there are plenty of posts of the "the developers should" variety, and
not enough of the "I'm trying to do" variety. As far as I know, the
majority of the developers are doing linux coding because it's fun.
The only thing they "should" do is to have fun with linux, and to
continue to have fun with linux.

Also, if I recall, this whole thread started because a few people
complained that 2.0.30 was buggy, and that the developers should
release 2.0.31 soon. Does that sound counterproductive to anyone
other than me? The reason the latest 2.0.31-pre hasn't been released
officially as 2.0.31 is because it has known bugs. So the developers
should release a known buggy version to replace another buggy version?
Or do those people feel the latest 2.0.31-pre is stable? If they do,
what's stopping them from using it?

Finally, one poster had an analogy that no one has yet responded to:
If someone gave you a Porsche for free, would you complain if there's
a scratch in the paint? To extend this a little further, if they promise
to give you another porsche with the scratch removed, would you complain
if it's delivered a little late?

James.

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