On 10/1/08, Peter Gordon <peter(a)thecodergeek.com> wrote:
On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 10:16 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"
wrote:
> I am perfectly aware of how easy it is to replace applications but is your
> gram ma or your daughter.
>
Beta and pre-releases in general are not usually suited to these types
of users anyway, so that's not helping your argument at all.
Au contraire, mon ami. [On the contrary, my friend.]
"Beta and pre-releases in general" (rawhide as we know it) is no more than a
"Add/Remove Software" (Package Manager)
Edit->Repositories, checkbox "development" away from my 93-year old,
computer illiterate, cannot setup-his-way-out-of-a-vcr-remote
grandfather adding complete crap packages on his desktop, you might
reconsider that statement.
In general, code quality in open source software currently SUCKS.
Before you dedicated, talented programmers/analysts/designers get all
defensive on me, forget it. I've been around longer than you, and have
put more quality analysis hours in than you can fit on your pinky.
Granted, I appreciate the effort, but now[1] the distro[2] needs to give more.
jerry
[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present
[2] me, and everyone else..........
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