> That said, IMO it should only be included if it also supports (at least) > win2k and XP, Can do. Will do *if* there is _a chance_ of making it to the distro. Volunteers for trying it out (beta testing) will help *a lot*.
> ..and the author should make installation a breeze > (preferably with a button in autostart program). The installation, IMHO is a breeze for NT (right now). > ... And if it is 99.99% sure > that this driver will not suddenly screw all my data. That is where beta testing comes in... :) I can't give a 99.99% guarantee if I do it all by myself. :) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 3:21 AM To: Frederic Crozat Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Software submission for the Mandrake distribution On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Frederic Crozat wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 19:18:25 +0530, Manoj Joseph wrote: > > The software is an ext2 file system driver for Windows NT 4.0. > > URL : http://winext2fsd.sourceforge.net > > We are doing a linux distribution.. You should ask Microsoft to ship this > driver, not us.. > Oh come on. There are other windoze programs on the disks as well. If suddenly a new fs for cdroms is developed, will mdk ship isos with an fs unreadable for windows? Lets make the README on the disk also in koffice format, we are only developing for linux anyway, right? Let's ask MS to ship rawwrite as well. This is about interoperability, and let's not make the same mistake as MS does (we are developing a proprietary office suite, why would we ship import filters for OO.org anyway?). I do not think "we are doing a linux distro" is a valid reason not to include it. It would look good in a press release (like ntfs resizing did) and it is a nice feature for people who dual-boot. That said, IMO it should only be included if it also supports (at least) win2k and XP, and the author should make installation a breeze (preferably with a button in autostart program). And if it is 99.99% sure that this driver will not suddenly screw all my data. d.
