Tango requests

[Kris]

"Regan Heath" <regan at netmail.co.nz> wrote in message

> Heck, Alix is in the same position right now.

He is? I don't recall saying anything particularly negative to Alix. Tried 
to get him onto IRC instead, which he ultimately did (thank-you Alix) and we 
had a long and essentially productive discussion. It's quite unlike this 
environment, because you /have/ to interact with people instead of perhaps 
crouching behind a keyboard as some appear to do.


>  No doubt I'll get some of the same treatment shortly

Why Regan?

If you were ranting about how Tango cannot be used because of some minor 
stylistic conventions, while advocated forking the library because of that, 
and at the same time had been happily discrediting the team (this is the 
second thread on this topic)  .... well, you'd probably get some pushback 
also, Regan. You and I have been down that road, but we can still see 
eye-to-eye. I'm very happy to say.

If this were a serious topic, then by all means let's talk seriously about 
stylistic changes. That might be a worthy reason to discuss the Tango style 
elements, and there might be something pertinent to debate or consider. But 
this thread? It's hard to pick out anything of value Regan. There's just too 
much misinformation and stylistic preference. I'd rather just get on and 
listen carefully to the people who are willing to post tickets or discuss 
things rationally.

There's plenty of people who use tango and would prefer it had some 
different style here and there. Yet, they don't decry the package, or the 
people responsible. They post tickets, based upon real world use-cases. We 
make changes. These people are not the armchair quarterback types -- they 
make requests based upon their real experience with Tango. We make changes. 
Lot's of changes. We have to focus our limited energy somewhere, so that's 
where it is focused. When there are tangible concerns about Tango in this 
newsgroup, then they will warrant serious attention. That's not to dismiss 
out of hand the concerns a few people have, but we find the interactivity of 
the IRC channels to be far more conducive to progress than the misconduct 
shown throughout this thread (and the prior related one).

I understand that may not be how you see things, and that's cool. There's 
also a thread called "Tango Development" that I'd like to hear your input 
on, if you'd be so kind?