Not for me and maybe a lot of other people

[llk iburst co za]

Friends,

I get the designated 'stable' garnome release 2.14 and tried to get it to 
work.  It did not.  I went back and eventually get 2.14.1 which should have 
solved a lot of problems.  Well many MBs (I pay for b/w) later and many hours 
spent after blocking out some of the packages  (Evolution, ekiga, etc.), 
downloading packages that are missing or outside of the scope to it it to 
compile further, I came to the conclusion it is not worth my while. 

The final straw that broke the camel's back sounds like this:
"plug-in-run.h:25:11: missing terminating ' character"


Maybe you'll solve the problems eventually, I don't know but I will not be 
around.

If you guys maybe thought about the following you could get it further:
1. Is the current approach not one of a bloated system? 2.6GB and counting....
2. If I don't need connection to M$ Exchange why would must I be forced to 
build that into GNOME?  Is that not like M$'s approach with the IE 
controversy of a few years back?
3. Although I used glasses to read, I don't need a magnifier and/or Braille!
4. Do you know how difficult it is to find a solution to a compilation problem 
and then you read statements which sound like "Take it or leave it...".  That 
is the first policy of M$.
5. Although English is not my language of choice, I don't want all of the 
rest, like spanish, french, mandarin, etc.  Why not give one the option at 
the beginning to select the ones you want?  I don't build on my machine for 
the world.

Well I gave you my five cents.  Enjoy the process, but you are going to have 
trouble to market GNOME as a viable alternative if the 'stable' version fails 
to compile.

Kind regards,

Louis.