Re: Can't compile on Slackware 13

On Sunday 25 April 2010, Carl Karsten wrote:
>On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> 
wrote:
>> On Sunday 25 April 2010, Shlomo Katz wrote:
>>>> That strikes me as re-inventing the wheel.  Kino already Just
>>>> Works(TM).
>>>
>>>I agree! Kino is great. Period. I have tried many other editors and they
>>>cannot compare, either because they don't include necessary features
>>> (such as capture, timedate stamps), or they crash all the time on my low
>>> end system (kdenlive, lives). I do, however, have high hopes for
>>> OpenShot, and am eagerly anticipating the next release.
>>>
>>>As everyone knows, the software reflects the abilities of the programmer
>>>(like good literature is a reflection of the author's literary worth),
>>> and we have obviously been spoiled by Dan. It's a sad statement of free
>>> software that it's prone to sudden disappearances. But then, no ones
>>> paying Dan to sit up all night and develop Kino, and he has expenses
>>> like everyone else. Still, I disagree that Kino shouldn't be continued.
>>> It doesn't make sense to leave such a gem to rot in the wasteland of
>>> frozen packages. Could you see Apple one day saying, "Sorry, we have
>>> decided not to continue with Final Cut"? I know one can't compare the
>>> two, but really: I use Kino to edit movies under tight deadlines, and in
>>> place of FC.
>>>
>>>I don't know what to say, because this is really an issue. Perhaps a
>>>rethinking of free software, and something to compensate the developers
>>> for their work?
>>>
>>>SK
>>
>> This is one of those cases where we should count noses, and see if there
>> are enough of us, so that if Dan opened a paypal accnt, and asked each
>> user to donate a $20 bill, something I can afford from time to time, and
>> would feel good doing it.
>>
>> The question then is: Are there enough of us to make it worthwhile for
>> Dan?
>>
>> I cannot even offer a SWAG on that.
>
>I'm in.
>
But that is only 2 so far.  We need like 200 to do this right.

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Cheers, Gene
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