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On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:12 PM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
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> On Oct 8, 2015, at 1:23 PM, traylor AT eecs DOT oregonstate DOT edu wrote:
>
>> I hope we can all find a way to work together. I'd hate to see these tools slowly die.
>
> I don’t buy the notion that fixing things that aren’t broken is necessary to prevent their death.

bitrot could happen and over time the version of gtk or some other
dependency could go too far out of date for anyone to ship it. (distro
wise)

When you have a year old stable release and a year old unstable one
new adopters think this is abandoned and ignore it. This only makes
finding new developers harder.

>> Ask questions nicely, be considerate, assume noble intent.
>
> "Good intentions are the source of more folly than all other causes put together.” — Robert A. Heinlein, Glory Road.
>
> John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
> http://www.noqsi.com/
> jpd AT noqsi DOT com
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