[scribus] ! ;-)

[Gregory Pittman]

Louis Desjardins wrote:
> JLuc a écrit :
>> Christoph Schäfer a écrit :
>>>> Specialy when there is no elaborate word (& character) styles
>>>> import abilities in Scribus.
>>> What are word styles? Scribus 1.3.3.x has paragraph styles and 
>>> imports them from ODT, SXW and HTML and, of course, its own files. 
>>> Scribus 1.3.5 has character styles, so could you be more specific 
>>> about its alleged shortcomings, please?
>>
>> I have great hopes toward future versions,
>> and that is why i keep informed and try each new version.
>>
>> However I am afraid the 1.3.5 wont fit my needs
>> (I was once said that only the 1.3.6 would have the
>> "through linked-text-frames selection actions" bug corrected).
>>
>>>> Generaly writing, not understating the problems and weaknesses
>>>> would help commmunicate with the crew though.
>>
>>> you always join the list when someone asks if he should use the 
>>> program and tell all readers that it's completely 
>> useless for you and that it's utter crap anyway.
>
> Isn’t there a tiny bit of dramatisation here? A quick review of the 
> archive reveals that the poster has been quite openly participating to 
> discussions, providing some useful hints, comments, and even offering 
> his help to contribute to the wiki. All this with a friendly tone. At 
> least, it sounded like that to me. The expression "utter crap" itself 
> was not his choice of words either. I am not too sure whether this way 
> of "summarizing" one’s thoughts is at all constructive. I am only 
> questionning here.
Without taking any individual person's side here, I think that perhaps 
there was too much "painting with a broad brush" on both sides, and I 
perceived a lot of negativity from both directions. Perhaps each found 
his breaking point, but the mailing list has a history of becoming a 
sounding board for complaints, which periodically lead to reminders or 
some redirection to let posters know that valid points, to be useful to 
the project and other users, need to find their way to the bug reports 
so they can be appropriately addressed.
We really don't have a need for those unwilling to genuinely help 
Scribus. Scribus has been made available much as someone might invite 
visitors into our "home" to share what there is to offer. There is going 
to be some limit as to how much and what kind of criticism is acceptable 
as part of that hospitality.

Greg