On Thursday 06 March 2003 10:19 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > If I may make an observation based on my experiences to date. Every single > release, as it gets closer to release time, someone makes a post like this > and then everybody piles on. You'll notice that none of the Mandrakians or > core contributors ever take part in it. Why, because they are busy trying > to find the bugs and squash them before the release has to go gold.
> I think the distro would be much better served all of use that are testers, > to test the hell out of this thing, not just by saying something does not > work, but by really going the extra mile and trying to figure out why > something does not work. For instance, if the network does not work, > install it a couple of times trying different settings, note how the > contents of the config files change. > And all this criticism over something that cannot really be controlled is > fruitless and makes the people working 7day/80hour weeks feel negative and > prevents high levels of productivity. Help them, don't hurt them. A P E P S L U A A round of applause, that man! (-: Cheers; Leon
