I'm not in the club but I will be sign up right away ;-)
I am so happy about the renewed enthusiasm and that Vincent installed Mandrake even on his ibook :-). BTW I don't have a Mandrake partition on my powerbook right now but I will hopefully after this weekend. I guess what we need now is a bit more publicity about the Mandrake club ppc advantages, maybe on some of the linux ppc lists/forums? the mandrake page? it might have been there already I haven't checked. It should be totally obvious to somebody installing linux on ppc that the mandrake club is the way to go.. Stew do you have a list of the 68 packages that do not build? not that I can help but just curious... Platypus aka Ornitorinko On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 19:37, Vincent Danen wrote: > With the difficulties with the mailing lists over the weekend I'm not > sure if this actually made it through or not. At any rate, the > archives don't have it, so I don't think it got out to everyone. > Please excuse this if you've already seen it. > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Vincent Danen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Fri Aug 30, 2002 6:28:14 PM Canada/Mountain > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Club and rpm voting > > X-Mailer: Evolution/1.0.2-5mdk > > > > Is anyone here a member of the Mandrake Club? I'm curious because I > > don't see any votes/requests for PPC packages on the Club's RPM voting > > interface, and am wondering why that is... > > > > There is starting to be a bit more of a drive for 8.2/PPC, at least on > > Club and Forum (if anyone has noticed), and I think it would serve us > > all well to get involved by either requesting packages, building > > packages, or just plain old subscribing to the Club and letting > > everyone > > know you're a PPC fanatic and want to see a new PPC version. > > > > I know the list has been somewhat dead due to a lack of interest > > (maybe?) in a new version of Mandrake/PPC (and I mean lack of interest > > on Mandrake's part, not your part), so maybe we can encourage some > > positive interest in the PPC port again by making ourselves a little > > more vocal and a little more known. X86 has a very large and dedicated > > community, and I think we can do the same with PPC, and I think by > > utilizing Club to our advantage (showing interest by requesting > > 8.2/PPC-specific packages), will only help to a) increase our community > > and b) tell MandrakeSoft that we want another PPC version. (Yes, I > > know, I am a MandrakeSoft employee but I have really very little say in > > the PPC thing other than for security updates, so I have the same voice > > as the rest of you). > > > > Little pep talk, I guess... I know for myself, I'd love to see a new > > PPC version (as much as I like OS X, I would still prefer Mandrake on > > my > > ibook). > > > > Just looking for some feedback as to what the community wants. Showing > > some interest via Club is a good way to go. Purchasing 8.2/PPC (on > > sale > > now for Club members!) and subscribing to the Club are also great ways > > to make your voice heard for future versions. > > > > -- > > MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ > > "lynx -source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" > > {FE6F2AFD : 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD} > ---- > > > > > -- > MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ > "lynx - source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" > {FE6F2AFD: 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD} >
