Re: [Gaim-devel] optionally remove away message box

[Rob F. <ro...@fa...>]

I'm taking one of my laptops with me on my christmas break.  I should be
able to lock myself up in the fortress of solitude and get some work
done.

R.


On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 12:39, Ethan Blanton wrote:
> Robert Love spake unto us the following wisdom:
> > On Tue, 2002-12-24 at 11:55, Ethan Blanton wrote:
> > > I'm not sure I like the tactic of "you guys suck, your UI sucks, here
> > > apply this and you'll suck less" for getting patches put in.
> > 
> > I do not think that is my approach at all.  I am sorry if I came off
> > that way.
> 
> That wasn't directed specifically at you (sorry, the Cc: and quotation
> kind of implied that), but more at this thread in general.  For some
> reason (I think the emphasis of the 'me too's chiming in) this thread
> rubbed me the wrong way.
> 
> > Gaim is a wonderful program, but it is not infallible either.  To
> > improve - to evolve - Gaim's weaknesses need to be discovered and
> > fixed.
> 
> Oh, no doubt.  We all recognize this ... but right now some other
> things (completing the conversion to Gtk2, etc.) are taking a higher
> priority than random UI improvements.  The fact that a patch
> languishes for a little while doesn't mean that it will never be
> considered, or that the core developers aren't going to put it in
> without a huge outpouring of grassroots support.
> 
> > I think Chris's patch is an excellent step in the right direction,
> > as it fixes something that is a real issue.  Gaim's UI does not
> > suck - its great, modulo this dialog box.
> 
> If only that dialog box were the only problem.  ;-)
> 
> Ethan
> 
> -- 
> And if I claim to be a wise man / it surely means that I don't know.
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