On 10/1/08, Peter Gordon peter@thecodergeek.com wrote:
On Wed, 2008-10-01 at 10:16 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
I am perfectly aware of how easy it is to replace applications but is your gram ma or your daughter.
Beta and pre-releases in general are not usually suited to these types of users anyway, so that's not helping your argument at all.
Au contraire, mon ami. [On the contrary, my friend.] "Beta and pre-releases in general" (rawhide as we know it) is no more than a "Add/Remove Software" (Package Manager) Edit->Repositories, checkbox "development" away from my 93-year old, computer illiterate, cannot setup-his-way-out-of-a-vcr-remote grandfather adding complete crap packages on his desktop, you might reconsider that statement.
In general, code quality in open source software currently SUCKS. Before you dedicated, talented programmers/analysts/designers get all defensive on me, forget it. I've been around longer than you, and have put more quality analysis hours in than you can fit on your pinky. Granted, I appreciate the effort, but now[1] the distro[2] needs to give more.
jerry
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present [2] me, and everyone else..........