Re:Inconsistent, confusing instructions for ttf on linux

From: Kenneth J.Davis (jeremyd@computer.org)
Date: Sun Sep 15 2002 - 14:46:07 EDT

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    Albert Wagner <alwagner@tcac.net> wrote on 9/15/2002 8:34:33 AM:
    >
    >It is obvious to me since subscribing that this list is very low volume. I
    >note that occasionally a developer will reply, but not to all pending
    >requests for help. At first I thought that development must have stopped on
    >Abiword, but after browsing the developer list I see that it is very active.
    >I further noted that there seemed to be a great deal of concern for the user.
    >So I am wondering: why does this concern not manifest in replies to user
    >requests for help?
    >
    ..

    Development is going strong, but there are only so many developers and only
    so much available time. The developers do care about users' concerns, but
    as this is a volunteer project mostly done for fun, not all developers
    necessarily want to do user support (they would rather be improving AbiWord
    so users [which includes themselves] have more of the featuers they want :-)
    Also it is important to keep in mind that there are two lists and many
    developers may not be subscribed to the user list, so they never see the
    requests for help. And not all developers work on all platforms, for example
    I generally only work on AbiWord for Windows/DOS so can not in general help
    with platform specific issues for Linux, Mac, etc. Not that I have had
    time lately to do much development. Also, this list is here for AbiWord
    users to help other AbiWord users, so the same could be asked of them,
    which in the end I think boils down to limited resources (both in terms
    of people with the knowledge to answer, ability to answer in a
    nontechnical manner, and those with the time).

    This of course is my own opinion and does not reflect that of any other
    AbiWord developer/user.

    Jeremy Davis
    jeremyd@computer.org

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