Subject: Re: Loss of enthusiasim for AbiWord
From: j.m.maurer (j.m.maurer@student.utwente.nl)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 08:21:45 CST
Op vr 08-02-2002, om 15:08 schreef F J Franklin:
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> > For well over a year a serious issue caused by AbiWord has been known.
> > The lack of interest in addressing this issue has just about deflated
> > my interest in AbiWord.
>
> Bryce, we're just as frustrated, because there is no easy solution. Simple
> hacks may alleviate some symptoms for some people, but what's really
> needed is a major rewrite, and that simply won't happen by 1.0. Sorry.
> It is, however, top priority post 1.0.
>
Symptoms are the _only_ thing a user cares about. It doesn't matter to
him if the underlying architecture contains some hacks to get it to
work, he just wants it to work! Why not alleviating some symptoms for
users and do a proper rewrite after 1.0?
My 2 euro cents
Marc
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