[ut3] linux client

[Kevin Guillaume]

Patience may be a virtue, but it doesn't need to be a one-way street. While so 
many of us have shown great patience in this expansive stretch between "Linux 
client will be in the box" to "Over three months later with no end in sight", 
then I think it's more than fair to expect Ryan et al. to have some patience 
when we ask for the occasional update to a game that is quickly becoming 
yesterday's news.

Those preaching for more and more patience while showing no patience at all 
toward those who ask for updates on the only mailing-list where it is 
on-topic, might have been well advised to have used these intervening months 
and months learning to filter their mail if all they want is Ryan's 
announcements. I really don't think it's our fault if you never learned how 
to filter by sender.

-K

On February 27, 2008 04:30:59 pm Charles Banas wrote:
> David L. Willson wrote:
> > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:05:18 +0100, Federico Nicolelli wrote
> >
> >> Bernhard Schuster ha scritto:
> >>> Just about a week ago, icculus himself stated that he is still working,
> >>> and we should stop asking *wen will it be ready to use?*
> >>> It's gone be done, be patient.
> >>> --
> >>> -Bernhard-
> >>
> >> i'm really sorry,
> >> today is the first time that i use this mailing-list...
> >> and i haven't red the archive...
> >> whopsss.....
> >>
> >> Federico Nicolelli
> >
> > Bernhard/all,
> >
> > IIRC, Icculus said we should stop asking if Epic is being acquired by
> > Microsoft.  He has sworn off predicting completion dates, as have many
> > other game developers, but he never said that we should stop asking for
> > the project status.  He also never said that Microsoft wasn't part of the
> > problem, but I didn't notice that he didn't say that.
>
> No, but he /has/ said that when he has something to tell, he will tell
> us. On multiple separate occasions. This tells me that he doesn't want
> to be bothered with billions of requests for updates. He will update us
> when he's darn good and ready to do so. If the project gets derailed, I
> expect that he will tell us so so that we can move on and look for other
> time-wasters to occupy us.
>
> I, for one, am tired of my mailbox getting filled with request after
> request for updates. I signed up for this list primarily to get first
> notice when Ryan does finish his work and secondarily to keep track of
> the native Linux server.
>
> He's done a lot of good work in the past, and I expect that when he's
> done, the client will be very good. I also appreciate his need for time
> to get this done. God knows I like to have time for my projects.
>
> Likewise, 3D Realms will tell us when their baby finally makes if out of
> the #1 spot on the vaporware list as well - or whether it will stay
> there permanently.
>
> In any case, we will know when there's something for us to know.
>
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