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Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:59:08 +0100
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] The state of gEDA/gaf (Was gEDA/PCBs diversity, Was:
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From: Gareth Edwards <gareth AT edwardsfamily DOT org DOT uk>
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On 26 October 2012 19:01, Dave McGuire <mcguire AT neurotica DOT com> wrote:
> On 10/26/2012 03:00 AM, Gareth Edwards wrote:
>>
>> ("broken-ass software world thinking"? thanks)
>
>   Do you disagree with my implicit assertion that this type of thinking
> is pervasive in the free software world?

Whether I agree with the implicit assertion or not is neither here nor there.

What is more difficult to agree with is the explicit assertion that my
personal thinking on the topic is "broken-ass". Maybe that wasn't the
intended meaning, but that is how it reads.

I had thought it through quite carefully, and presented my reasons for
concern in the original email. You looked at the top bit ("few recent
commits") and ignored the bottom bit ("lots of bug fixes queued"). I
hope we agree that getting the existing bug fixes into the codebase
and out into the world at large is a reasonable goal.

[Incidentally, the thread since then has grown into a vigorous
discussion which I have no current strong opinion on. I'm going to
just get on with pushing the bug fixes I was talking about in the
first place....]

Cheers
Gareth