Comment 68 for bug 263441

Hello Tim, Bruce and all,

Not only do I agree with Bruce and you, I would go further.
"They want it for free and they want it now and they want to sue the
community if it doesn't work 'out of the box'".
This is one of the few fora where I got (end get) serious answers to serious
questions.
That's wy I love it.
For me it is sufficient to be pointed to a direction, I didn't look earlier.
In 8.10, Kompozer works flawlessly, as is the smbclient.
Thanks to this forum.
Since then I can help others, who run into these problems.
So. let us not be discouraged by some annoying posts.

With kind regards to all of you.
oombas

2009/3/6 Tim Johnson <email address hidden>

> Hi all,
>
> I fully agree with Bruce. Kompozer may have serious shortcomings and
> clearly needs refinement, but to "write it off" is in direct contradiction
> to the spirit of Open Source. Perhaps instead of the criticism, the
> community could rally around and call up contacts who could help polish
> Kompozer to achieve the stability that is required.
>
> Tim Johnson
>
> On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:09:23 +0200, Bruce Crowther <email address hidden>
> wrote:
>
> > Puteruser,
> > The version of Kompozer that is currently in the software repositories
> > will most certainly crash; if you scroll back up this page you will find
> > several posts explaining how to use the current Alpha, which works fine.
> > Kompozer is too good a program to give up on: if a bozo like me, an old
> > dinosaur that's half as old as God and only possessing one tiny brain
> > atom, can build and maintain a website with it, that should be all the
> > recommendation it needs!
> > Remember that the guy that writes the code for this program is
> > essentially a volunteer, putting the fruit of his labour and intellect
> > out in the wild as open source, without a humongous corporate sitting
> > behind him. Then marvel even more at the amazing array of FREE software
> > we Linux users can access, thanks largely to people of his ilk.
> > I tips me hat to them all, I does.
> > Kind regards,
> > Bruce
> >
>
>
> --
> Using Ubuntu 8.10 and Opera
>
> --
> kompozer crashes in intrepid when opening the recent files menu
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263441
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>
> Status in “kompozer” source package in Ubuntu: In Progress
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: kompozer
>
> 1. Make sure there is at least one entry in the recent file list so that
> the menu is not disabled
> 2. open the recent files menu (with the mouse)
> 3. *crash*
> on intrepid ibex 8.10
>
>