<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Matthew Flaschen wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:%3C49EB1D5A.6020109@gatech.edu%3E" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Terrell Prudé Jr. wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I agree with Marc here. Letting bugs just sit there for that length of time (over 1 year, basically saying "f*** you") is just plain wrong, FOSS project or not. If bugs are not going to be properly addressed by the development team, then that team needs to just close the project and be done with it. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> That doesn't make any sense. </pre> </blockquote> On the contrary, it makes perfect sense. <blockquote cite="mid:%3C49EB1D5A.6020109@gatech.edu%3E" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">If you're not happy with how slow the development team is in fixing bugs, you have three choices: 1. Use the program anyway. 2. Stop using the program. 3. Fork the project and develop faster yourself. </pre> </blockquote> Now, there, we agree. And I am choosing increasingly to go back to Debian and stop using Kubuntu. <blockquote cite="mid:%3C49EB1D5A.6020109@gatech.edu%3E" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">The current team giving up the ghost will not help you with any of the choices. Matt Flaschen </pre> </blockquote> ...huh? Is Canonical indeed, as you put it, "giving up the ghost" with Kubuntu? If so, perhaps you might want to give us some more info on that if you have it. --TP </body> </html>