Re: [Groff] Choosing a portability target

[Eric S. Raymond]

Robert Thorsby <address@hidden>:
> On 2007.01.11 12:06 Eric S. Raymond wrote:
> >The groff project -- and I'm not sure what that means,
> >other than "Werner Lemburg" -- is going to have to
> >decide how much portability it wants.  There's a sort
> >of sliding scale of difficulty here.
> 
> I have sat and watched this debate, which has sometimes become 
> unnecessarily acrimonious, without intervening until now -- but I 
> cannot hold my tongue any longer.
> 
> I live in awe of the extraordinary work done by Werner, particularly 
> when one considers that he holds down a "proper" job. But, Eric, your 
> quoted remark is incorrect and insulting, and plain downright bitchy. 
> You are acting like a spoiled child.

Huh?

You puzzle me exceedingly.

I don't know who the project leadership is, that's all.  That's all
I meant -- I'm well aware there are other contributors.  I have been
one of them myself occasionally.  
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                <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a>