> BM> And it had nothing to do with the subject, but the fact that it was > BM> still quite a conflict-generating post. > You replied within 30 minutes. A rest my case :) > > BM> Yes, misc/doc applies *only* to ISO images, not to the mirrors. > Well that is so obvious that there is no need to point that out. > > BM> Maybe fr2.rpmfind.net isn't in sync. > Actually it is. If you read my post carefully you will notice > that I compared my findings with mandrakeclub download section > and that my first thought was that fr2.rpmfind is out of sinc. > > BM> Yes, that's a nice way to encourage us to answer your questions when you > BM> don't even check official mirrors (or known-good ones). > > So http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/rpms/mandrake/9.2/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/KByName.ht ml > isn't an official mirror. What can be more official than > mandrakeclub. And please don't put my words out of context. > The proper way is to read the hole post than make up your mind. > I was truing to show step by step what i did so I would avoid > answering to a lot of questions of type did you did this or that. > when you have a problem you have to explain it in detail so that was > what I did. > BM> No idea what gcc-cpp_f is, never seen it before. > DESCRIPTION:Virtual provides of gcc-cpp via gcc-cpp2.96 > Everyone that that downloaded the first iso has it. > > BM> Not sure about this. Maybe you could politely ask the maintainer about > BM> the changes reflected in the changelog (which you can see easily if you > BM> subscribe to the changelog list. > > It doesn't matter what has changed. What matters is that there is > a difference between my rpms (in rpms rpms2 rpms3 ) and mirrors. > A was under impression that RPMS dir on mirror holds everything that I > get on my 3 cds. I will check this with 9.1 since I have those cd on > me. Not always. I think Buchan has the right idea, actually.
> The real problem here is that when someone wonts to play powermanga > (or needs whatever package that is missing) he will most probably > check rpmfind.net and he will realize the same thing that I did. > So what should he/me do now ? Add a mirror as another repository ? > 99.9 % of people here will agree that this is just plain stupid. What's stupid? If I don't have the latest, I'm more than willing to add a mirror so that I have them. > BM> Riight, read the end of your previous post, really diplomatic in > BM> comparison to all the other threads. > It was 1:20 AM, I was pretty frustrated while trying to figure > who the hell cares. I'm an unsatisfied customer, it doesn't mater the > tone of my voice. What matters is that Mandrakesoft should investigate > every complain no matter how stupid or crude it may seem. > I'm trying to help here people. to make some things right. > I'm just plain crazy or other people here think that this is > unprofessional ? This leaves a bad picture. If I or my company did > something like this we would be out of business. > Should I take this to the official support chanel ? Should I buy > support and send this directly to responsible people. > Developers here should care about this. We all want to make a better > distribution. End don't give me that attitude thing as I no longer care. > Every time the new distribution is released it has it rough edges > but this one... > I can understand mistakes made in development but mistakes like this > are made because someone didn't pay attention. > Question to the person who made iso-s ? > Did you know this ? How did it come to this ? Please explain to me how > did you do it ? Is this a problem in communication between admins in > MandrakeSoft like with updates that are announced but show up 4 days > later. > If you don't want to replay to this message because you think I'm to > rude then don't. But you should investigate this if you have any power > within mandrake. > People lets make things more professional. Things like this do matter. > If you think that what I'm talking about isn't important just send an > empty reply saying nobody cares. We don't care about this whatever and I will > stop posting on this subject. > > > BM> Because contrib isn't main, main isn't contrib. That has nothing to do > BM> with the fact that main is over 200MB larger than the space available on > BM> 3 CDs. > So should we make another Contrib. Or should we just let these 200mb > of packages stay in total oblivion ? As far as I know, most of the "missing" stuff is on the CD's that will be in stores. If I'm mistaken, someone may feel free to correct me. > BM> Read the changelog to see if it's anything that affects you. > ? Do you even understand what I'm talking about. > If it doesn't affect me maybe it affects other people. > > BM> I don't see why I need to read your posts if you continue like this, so > BM> don't expect an answer if you stick to your current style (as it doesn't > BM> seem you are motivating anyone else to answer your posts either). > > Good. Then I will know that I'm left on my own and that I have to make > my own modifications, build my own isos, and my own updates. > And at the end if it turns up that it is to much for me I will try > some other distribution. i haven't installed anything else except > mandrake in the last few years (since RH 6.2) but maybe its time to > start now. It would be a waste of time if you don't subscribe to the changelog list. Matthew.
