Re: [Helix Updates] GNOME 1.0 "Bongo GNOME" Now Available -- Convince me!!!!!!

[Data Zone <datazone airmail net>]

On Thu, 25 May 2000 19:35:59 +0200, Gustav Schaffter said:

> Hi,
>  
>  I am a happy user of Gnome. I have a LAN at home. I run RedHat 6.2 in
>  currently four boxes.
>  
>  After reading the announcement, I spent a good while at the Helix site
>  to find out how I could download the Helix Gnome package. Honestly, I
>  was looking for one huge, or many small, *.rpm files to download. I
>  went
>  around the site, but I couldn't find what I was looking for. I
>  actually
>  found myself going round in circles.
>  
>  The following alternatives were there:
>  1) Buy a 'distribution' which will cost me a lot more than one
>  download
>  plus is not what I want and will take time to get to Europe. (Or ship
>  UPS 24 hours and pay a lot. BTW, 24 hours UPS to Europe always means
>  at
>  least 48 hours. It sucks.)
>  2) Download source code and compile it myself. (I don't even have the
>  development stuff installed, cause I lack the time for these actions.
>  (Unfortunately, since I'm a developer.))
>  3) Run the Helix Gnome installer, that will download and install it
>  for
>  me. (Wait a minute, I've got four boxes here and there will soon be a
>  few more... I can't do an on-line installation per box. This just
>  cannot
>  be the intention.)
>  
>  What I want, is to do a download of a binary package for RedHat to my
>  server and then install it in as many boxes as I want.
>  
>  Now, please tell me that I'm blind and didn't see/find the *real*
>  download spot for a binary RH distribution of Gnome.
>  
>  Otherwise, please convince me (in any your way) that I should stick to
>  Gnome.

Since i have not seen you paying any of the gnome developers money to
develop software, i don't think you should be making demands like this. 
it is very rude, and cause people to feel like their work is
unappreciated.	i suggest you appoligise to all the gnome developers at
once.
It is not up to the developers to provide nice and cute packaging for end
users, it would be great, but it is asking too much.
You should be sending this email to RedHat, (if you purchased their
software) or to helix, but not here (or at least a littl enicer.)

If you think i am being a little harsh, then tough, thats how i would
feel if i spent hours working on code for others for free, and then read
this.  but since most developers are too nice to say this for themselves,
i will gladly say this for them.


>  
>  Regards
>  Gustav
>  
>  jacob@gnome.org wrote:
>  > 
>  >	       GNOME 1.2 "Bongo GNOME" has been Unleashed!
>  >			   Head for the Hills!
>  > 
>  <snip>
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