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Re: gettext latest vers. 0.17


On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 12:55:02PM +0900, wynfield wrote:
>Brian Dessent wrote:
>>Build gettext yourself if you want a newer version.  This is FOSS,
>>you're not helpless.
>
>Brian, its known at times, that you make really lame statements, but
>the one above is beneath even you, I thought.

Actually it is not known at all.  Brian is one of the most insightful
people I've seen on this or any other mailing list.

>Regardless, the new version has already been built and install.  A fact
>you seemed to miss.

That's because you never mentioned that fact.

I'd say that you that the most obvious "miss" in this pointless thread
came about when you misinterpreted a frustrated message from a
maintainer as a policy statement rather than a rant.  The end result is
just about a 100% pointless email thread.

cgf

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