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Post #263,247
by static
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7/31/06 10:13:18 PM
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New Let me explain.
The GNOME developers have had a reputation for basically going their own way in what they think people want for quite some time now. The whole "we know how you want to work" mantra that thus pervades GNOME leads to missing features and an interface that doesn't work for me. That's why I run something else.

Now, it seems, from the LinuxToday article, that the GTK+ developers are doing the same thing. This is unfortunate. But it is an example of the thinking that leads me to stay away from GNOME. And *that* was my point.

Wade.
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Post #263,264
by pwhysall
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8/1/06 1:35:47 AM
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New Blimey.
In Shock Development, Free Software Developers Write The Software They Want To Write!

Film at 11.

"Going their own way" = "writing the code they want to write, which they can, because they're writing it; you're just moving your noisehole"

Linus Torvalds: "Talk is cheap. Show me the code."

Jesus H. Christ, people are whiny fucks.

The people who write GTK+ do know better than you; that's why they're writing it and you're not. Of course, all you need to do to change that is get off your arse and do something. File bugs. Write documentation. Nag the developers until they implement your feature just to make you go away.

Why is the GTK+ development unfortunate? Should software reach a basic point of functionality and stay there?

There's nothing whatsoever stopping you picking a version of GTK+ (or, indeed, GNOME) that pleases you and sticking with it. Now, it might be more work to get hold of, and your current distro might not explicitly support it, so go make your own packages, or go run Slackware or LFS or whatever.

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     Rant about GTK 2.8+ and upcoming GNOME 2.16 - (Another Scott) - (6) - July 27, 2006, 12:49:37 PM EDT
         That's the sort of reason I prefer WindowMaker. -NT - (static) - (5) - July 28, 2006, 03:14:48 AM EDT
             Bet you use GTK+ applications, though. -NT - (pwhysall) - (4) - July 28, 2006, 07:02:08 AM EDT
                 Well, yes. - (static) - (3) - July 30, 2006, 10:35:03 PM EDT
                     I'm not sure what your point is. - (pwhysall) - (2) - July 31, 2006, 02:53:43 AM EDT
                         Let me explain. - (static) - (1) - July 31, 2006, 10:13:18 PM EDT
                             Blimey. - (pwhysall) - Aug. 1, 2006, 01:35:47 AM EDT

It's like watching someone try to explain quantum physics to a goat.
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