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List:       koffice
Subject:    Re: current slackware 7.1 compilation problems
From:       Thomas <spiralman () softhome ! net>
Date:       2001-09-22 3:40:05
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sorry.  i didnt realise that the provider was caching outgoing mail, i 
thought they were just getting lost at the provider.  i sent those out 2 days 
ago, and i waited several hours between each one...

again, sorry, but i was very frustrated,...

On Tuesday 18 September 2001 10:11, Thomas wrote:
> blegh, my mail provider's net provider was hit by nimda, hope im not double
> (or triple, or quadruple..) posting...
>
> ok, maybe there has been some confusion on your part.  there is no koffice
> 1.1 slackware package.  the package i am downloading is the **source**
> package.  you recomend compiling from source, but that is what i **cant**
> do. this is why the bug says "can't compile."  i find it hard to believe
> that the bug reporting system is going to work if everybody just blames
> somebody else for the problem, especially if the person they are blaming
> **doesnt exist.**  when a bug is marked "done" perhaps it should be fixed,
> or, if it hasnt been fixed, perhaps the person marking it "done" should
> explain why they are doing it in at least a complete sentence.  perhaps,
> they should also know what they are talking about...
>
> i know the developers are very busy, and there arent many of them, but this
> just seems inexcusable.  when somebody cant even read the title of the bug
> report before they say that the bug doesnt exist.
>
> thanks
> spiral man
> spiralman@softhome.net
>
> On Tuesday 18 September 2001 02:36, Thomas Zander wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 05:18:45PM -0500, Thomas wrote:
> > > ok, the problem with koffice 1.1 not compiling under slackware 7.1 was
> > > posted to the bugs.kde.org, but it was later marked as "done" however,
> > > the person who did this never actually said that they had fixed it,
> > > just that it was posted in the wrong place, and to contact the package
> > > maintainer.  im confused.  has this been fixed?  the file on the kde
> > > ftp site hasnt been modified since the initial release, so is the
> > > update just in cvs?  how do i grab the 1.1 branch from cvs (i couldnt
> > > make sense of the kde.org dvs instructions, i dont really know how to
> > > use cvs very well).  i dont want the branch that uses qt3 (which is
> > > what i get if i do a "cvs up koffice", right?)
> >
> > The message to the bugs database told all, the bug was never with KDE or
> > KOFfice (according to the person who closed it) but with the person who
> > packaged the stuff for your distro. In other words, we can't fix the bug
> > since we never made this mistake you have problems with.
> >
> > Compiling from source will probably fix your prob. Otherwise, contact the
> > packager for your distro and let him know about your problem.

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