Re: Request for breakage in gnome-panel

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Havoc Pennington">

> Bah, this was predictable. Because it's a trivial UI fix instead of any
> other kind of trivial fix, it becomes a huge thread and gets shot down for
> bad reasons ranging from the nitpicky to the melodramatic. Bryan, just put
> the patch in our SRPM. </grumpy>

Is this a UI fix, or is this just us being anal retentive, removing stuff
willy-nilly without actually providing a real, measurable benefit to users?
Perhaps my email was somewhat melodramatic, but the pendulum has swung way
too far, and not just on openness to innovation.

- Jeff

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