From: MikeE@ster.invalid   
      
   Chris Elvidge wrote:   
   > Mike Easter wrote:   
   >>   
   >> ... the distro maintainers are very busy and 'understaffed' :-) They   
   >> can't 'keep up' w/ all of the source and compiling for each release.   
   >>   
   >> There is a 'world' of software dev/s out there, who come up w/ a   
   >> 'linux' product/source and look around at each other and say, "Now   
   >> what do I do?"   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   > Which bit of "if you're not happy with the way person X does it, you're   
   > quite welcome to do it yourself" do you not understand?   
   >   
   I always say, 'Nobody wants to compile.'   
      
   That is, among 'us' ordinary users, we have very little (or almost none)   
   experience in that sphere, and what few experiences we've had are more   
   negative than positive.   
      
   Naturally in reality I only speak for myself.   
      
      
   --   
   Mike Easter   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)