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On Tuesday 16 September 2008 21:42:09 David Leverton wrote: |
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> 2008/9/16 Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>: |
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> > I didn't say they were.You're never going to convince Volker, but you may |
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> > well have succeeded in discouraging others from try Paludis. |
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> On what grounds? "The Paludis developers don't like being lied about, |
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> therefore I won't use Paludis"? I don't think the sort of person who |
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> would use that logic (presumably someone who intends to lie about the |
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> developers of his package manager) is the kind of person we want as a |
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> user anyway. |
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That is not for you to decide. The user - ANY user - is free to decide what |
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software they want to run and under what conditions, free from irrelevant |
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judgements of "suitability" from self-appointed arbiters of <whatever>. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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