Re: [libxml++] unicode support

[murrayc t-online de (Murray Cumming)]

On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 20:02, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> Murray Cumming wrote:
> 
> > a) All this talk is a waste of time until you actually have something
> > for us to look at and respond to.
> 
> this is what makes me really wonder what I'm doing here. I'm the one
> developping new stuff, you are commanding and slowing things down.
> Don't get me wrong, I understand that you feel in the role of a
> release manager who wants to assure stability and a release date
> that doesn't slip. I'v no problems with that, and this is not the
> first project where someone else takes up that role.
> But you sure don't get me to contribute with your attitude and tone.

My point was that I have no idea (really, no idea) what you are trying
to tell us or what you are asking us for. Maybe you didn't want any
response other than "that's nice".

> > b) Sooner or later it would have to be a patch.
> 
> Why don't you write it yourself ? If you are not interested in the
> feature, we'll get along just fine, each with a separate C++ wrapper,
> and if you are interested, you can just make the changes yourself.
> Or may be you should listen to what other libxml++ developers and
> users think about my contributions.
> Please don't pretend you are wasting your time because I'm hindering
> 'your' project (and by the way, your latest advogato entry makes
> me think you are suffering a serious reality distortion problem as
> to your own importance and role).
> 
> Please rethink your attitude if you want us to collaborate in the
> future.

Your code improvements will not just magic themselves into the tarballs.

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