Subj : Re: Create message bases
To   : RICHARD MENEDETTER
From : Marceline Jones
Date : Sun Mar 14 2021 05:05 pm

 MJ> It is more professional to include documentation with binaries.

 RM> You seem not to be very familiar with how open source works.
 RM> People do things for free in their spare time.
 RM> If they need a feature they add it.
 RM> If they do not like to write docs they will not.
 RM> They contribute this work for free and for the benefit of us all.

I know how open source works. The typical mentality is "you're on your own".

The least they could do is package their distributions properly.

 RM> Feel free to compile a documentation package, and they will upload it
 RM> if it makes sense. 

That is the job of the current maintainer.

 RM> Well no.
 RM> The vast majority of users were using Golded already.
 RM> So they just exchange the new binaries.
 RM> Most of them have set it up already for many years.

If the current GoldED+ maintainers had any pride in their work, then they would write upgrade installers.

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