[OT - mildly] Ping CWO4 Dave Mann and whomever - re: Pan Newsreader

[Square Wheels[_5_]]

Hi Dave!

Just wanted to letch ya know that -- due to hardware problems etc -- I
upgraded to Fedora 8. Still having hardware issues even after repair work,
but in the distro was the NEW Pan Newsreader, which I gave a try for a day
and a half.

Some interesting new ideas therein, but VERY poorly implemented, and many
necessary features -- like the ability to read /all/ the headers in case
you have to report an abuse or such -- are simply not there anymore.

Plus it crashed my machine, and even a reinstall wouldn't bring it back.
(NBD)

Needless to say, I have gone back to my old trusty "As she crawled across
the table...." version, and all is well once more.

In other words, AVOID it like unto the plague!



SW

[CWO4 Dave Mann]

Square Wheels wrote:
> Hi Dave!
>
> Just wanted to letch ya know that -- due to hardware problems etc -- I
> upgraded to Fedora 8. Still having hardware issues even after repair work,
> but in the distro was the NEW Pan Newsreader, which I gave a try for a day
> and a half.
>
> Some interesting new ideas therein, but VERY poorly implemented, and many
> necessary features -- like the ability to read /all/ the headers in case
> you have to report an abuse or such -- are simply not there anymore.
>
> Plus it crashed my machine, and even a reinstall wouldn't bring it back.
> (NBD)
>
> Needless to say, I have gone back to my old trusty "As she crawled across
> the table...." version, and all is well once more.
>
> In other words, AVOID it like unto the plague!
>
>
>
> SW
>
>


Thanks for the feedback. I've not used pan for some time, mainly
because it was a memory hog. Also, I discovered after some research,
that the guy who wrote it has flitted off on Yet Another Programming
Adventure (YAPA). YAPA is common when the programmer gets bored -- and
they do get bored easily especially if nothing is working.

Cheers!

Dave