Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>"Richard Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>>Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>>
>>>"Richard Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>
>>>>Please add both. The first is the ethernet device, and the second
>>>>is the 56K modem device.
>>>>
>>>Since we're in deep freeze post-RC, I'm not really in favor of
>>>adding this at this moment. I'll add it after 8.2 is released.
>>>
>>>
>>I'm not flaming you personally, but shouldn't all the problems be
>>addressed before a final release? I have barely been able to
>>
>
>When we advance towards stability, we change things only to fix
>important bugs because fixing minor bug could lead to appearance
>of important bug, which we can't be sure because it would need
>vast testing.
>
>>download each beta and install it before the next one is
>>released. While I am in favor of fast development, testing takes
>>
>
>We have fast test cycles. In general, reporting a bug in beta2
>when beta3 is already out was Ok if bug was still in beta3, of
>course.
>
>>time. It is no wonder the OS never seems to become stable. There
>>
>
>Each distro targets different markets. Debian is probably one of
>the most stable but the price is that the software is outdated.
>We value very much the fact that we provide recent software.
>
>>is also a problem with the setup of XFree86 on my machine, which
>>I have posted to this list a couple of times. There doesn't seem
>>to be any interest in that message. ??? It seems that the final
>>
>
>It probably means that our XFree86 maintainer "rated" your bug
>has less important than tons of other things he had to do. In
>general, providing the solution/fix/patch brings higher chance to
>get the problem really fixed, but it's sometimes very hard :-).
>
>>release of Mandrake 8.2 will not work correctly on my Dell
>>base-configuration laptop!
>>
>
>Yes.
>
>
I will likely change distributions. Although I also like new software,
and Mandrake has been my favorite,I would really like to see Linux go to
the masses (which I thought was the objective of Mandrake), but I see
that the masses' computers will not be supported without manual tweaking
(which rules out the masses, doesn't it?)
