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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:41:44 -0500
From: "Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject: Re: gettext 0.16.1
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Charles Wilson wrote:
> Larry Hall (Cygwin) wrote:
>> Looks like for now you need to build your own 0.16.1 if you need it
>> and can't wait for the maintainer to update it.
> 
> The maintainer of gettext would be a lot more willing to update gettext 
> if he wasn't still -- after 1 year, 3 months, and 23 days -- futilely 
> trying to get just the *preliminary* set of required patches accepted 
> into the cygport packaging tool. [*]
.
.
.

Someone, please flog Charles.  It's clear this is what he needs.  Don't be
fooled into thinking that Charles deserves your respect and admiration for
all the work he's done over the years.  That would be misguided.  If we
encourage efforts like his, it will just end up encouraging others to
follow his example.  And none of us want that.

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A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

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