Re: [linuxiran] Xfree86 bug, and Behdad Esfahbod

[Arash Bijanzadeh]

On Wednesday 14 January 2004 01:15, Aryan Ameri wrote:
[snip]
...

> Arash Bijanzadeh, my dear fellow friend, Open Source is about volountary
> cooperation. It doesn't work in a hostile environment that you are now
> trying to make.

OK. Sorry I don't know why I was thinking that we got to arise it Iran and it 
looked like a duty for me.
OK I will give it up, I have a lot to do myself you know, I will read Nietzche 
Focoult and Derrida at my 2 hour a day free time afterward, that's more fun  
than dump utf standard, and I really enjoy it, you know. And I won't get a 
headacke while I think of what I do

>
> > Nobody else is working but platoali and he got to give up soon "ye
> > dast seda nadare" you know.
>
> I am sorry to hear that he is alone. I thought a couple of enthusiastic
> individuals were involved.
>
> > The bad news is that we missed kate bidi support in KDE3.2 too! There
> > was no feedback and interest in it and it could not be merged in the
> > head for 3.2   :-(
> >
> :-|
>
> Cheer up Pal.
>
> > On Sunday 11 January 2004 15:09, Aryan Ameri wrote:
> > > On Saturday 10 January 2004 11:54, Arash Bijanzadeh wrote:
> > > > I am afraid he is right on this one.
> > > > So please ignore it, and for gods sake vote http://bugs.kde.org/
> > > > show_bug.cgi?id=70986 and make this bug active,
> > >
> > > Arash,
> > >
> > > I know that it might not be related to xkb, and frankly I don't
> > > know what xfree86 component it is related to. But it is quite
> > > common for a bug reporter, not to know what specific component of a
> > > product the bug is related to. It is usually the task of Bugzilla
> > > maintainer to reassign the bug to the related component, not for a
> > > stranger to close it, saying that it is not related to 'foo'
> > > component.
> > >
> > > And while I have voted (20 points) for your bug on KDE, I have to
> > > agree with Arash Z in that I think it is a Xfree86 bug. The reason?
> > > KDE 3.1 using XFree 4.2 doesn't show this vertical line. It is IMHO
> > > a bug introduced in Xfree86 4.3
> > >
> > > > we are gonna loose
> > > > the proper farsi support because of this bug. Don't let'em to
> > > > laugh at us!
> > >
> > > Well, we have lost proper farsi support due to this bug, and I am
> > > not exaggerating when I say that this bug is the sole reason that
> > > has prohibited me from using KBabel, and translating KDE.
> > >
> > > And well, they are already laughing at us. Have you looked at
> > > Roozbeh P's weblog recently? he makes great fun of us, whenever he
> > > finds a spelling error in one of our bug reports.
> > >
> > > We two groups, haven't had a smooth relationship in the past, but
> > > still I assume that we do have some common goals, and while I don't
> > > expect them to help us in our problems, I at least expect them not
> > > to trow stones in our way.
> > >
> > > Or maybe that's a wrong assumption.
> > >
> > > But seriously, Arash, I think we should investigate this bug more
> > > thourouly, and determine really wether it is a KDE bug, or a
> > > XFree86 one. This bug is really serious.
> > >
> > > Cheers

-- 
Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.
                                                Friedrich Nietzche