From: Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se (Martin Stromberg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: fall of rsxntdj??
Date: 18 Aug 1999 11:51:24 GMT
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Johan Venter (jventer AT writeme DOT com) wrote:
: Sahab Yazdani <beyonder69 AT geocities DOT com> wrote in message
: news:37B76E28 DOT 72198225 AT geocities DOT com...
: > I havn't even used this program, but the amout of "plz hlp me"s that go

: To put it lightly, RSXNTDJ is un unmaintaned joke. If Rainer (the author)
: would just release a new version that fixes the problems that he
: inadvertantly created, then all would be well with the world.

: I know that sounds cold, but that's the way it is. You can't release a
: package into the public arena and expect people to work things out for them
: selfs, it needs to be tech-supported and revised. Rainer should take the
: feedback on this newsgroup as a hint.

: The reason it's still suggested in the zip picker is a) nobody has bothered
: changeing it and b) the other compilers (mingw32 and cygwin) aren't related
: to DJGPP, whereas RSXNTDJ is (supposed to be) a DJGPP add-on.

Have you been in contact with him? Perhaps he doesn't have time
reading this newsgroup? Then he needs to alerted to these problems.

Perhaps he doesn't have time updating RSXNTDJ? Then he needs some help
with that.

As for publicly releasing a package, it's certainly possible doing
that without any supporting or updating. One example (it seems) is
RSXNTDJ. Another is DJGPP. That fact that you get quick support/help
is on mercy of people taking of their free time and being nice helping
people out. And that there is an fantastic FAQ for DJGPP.

As you seem to know RSXNTDJ, perhaps you could write up a document
explaining the problems and their solutions with regard to
RSXNTDJ. Then submitting it to Eli for inclusion in the FAQ. This is
surely much more productive than writing posts complaining about
RSXNTDJ. 

In short, _do_ something instead of complaining.


Right,

							MartinS