19 Dec
2004
19 Dec
'04
7:08 p.m.
On Sun, 2004-19-12 at 01:46 +0100, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Sat, Dec 18, 2004 at 10:20:44AM -0500, Dave
Robillard wrote:
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Yes, I agree scala is indeed very cool, and I don't ever recall
attacking it or it's author in ANY way whatsoever. Actually, I didn't
even make one single comment specifically about scala at all.
... Relax. Stress kills.
-DR-
Not everyone's standards/opinions are the
same as yours.
And not everyone's credits are the same as yours.
Did you ever have a close look at Scala ? It's one of those
rare apps that show off a level of dedication and quality
that's hard to find. It has probably taken years of hard
work and painstaking research. The largest part of it is
not code, but a database consisting of easy to read text
files. So you have most of the 'source' anyway, in a format
that will survive 'eternity'.
If the author of such a great work makes it available for
free, I can only say 'thanks a lot'.
If ever you contribute anything that reaches only ten percent
of the value of Scala, then maybe you will have gained a bit
of the authority required to question the author's choices.
Until that time, you will just make a fool of yourself by
doing so.
And if Debian wants to preserve its (her ? his ?) virginity by
imposing strict rules on what will be included and what will
not be, that's fine for me. But please don't impose the same
attitude on the whole world.