Re: a couple of newbie questions with gnus

[David Kastrup]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:

> On Sun, May 28 2006, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>>> Don't use yaced if they offer only outdated CVS versions.  This Gnus
>>> bug was fixed in Emacs CVS on 2005-12-09.
>>
>> "Don't use" is step #2 with free software.  Step #1 is to mail the
>> author and ask whether he intends to release something to fix this
>> soon.  
>
> You might be right, but if someone distributes a random CVS snapshot
> of Emacs which is intended for end-users, (s)he should make sure to
> update it more often (the latest version of yaced seems to be more
> than one year old).

Why should he, if judging from the feedback there are no users or they
don't have any problems?

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum