The Linus view of GNOME 3.2

[Reindl Harald]

Am 05.12.2011 10:56, schrieb Misha Shnurapet:
>> SURELY!
>>
>> nobody forced the developers to throw all away and start from scratch
>> if they decide to do so the should hol d back their crap until it is
>> ready or learn what refactoring is and maintain the existing code
> 
> No, they didn't have to keep the code to themselves. 

not the code but a release called "GA"

> That is Open Source, and that is how the software is developed and bug reports gathered. 

well, but if the software is not ready for endusers it should
not released to them as default UI

> 3rd party developers have been provided with all the necessary tools and the codebase 
> to create what users would further desire. 

does not help much if you release a software unusable for
your current userbase but hey it supports a tablet

> The project source code repository, the mailing lists and the bugzilla were 
> functional 24/7. Where have you all been when you saw it was going to hurt you?

it does not hurt me because i was never a gnome user but it hurts me to
see that my favourite distribution is packing such a thing as default
desktop without any thoughts at the current user base

and do not come with "but gnome2 is still not developed any more"
RHEL6/CentOS6 is shipping it for years!


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