Dick: >> Installed this over SNV b93. Two packages failed to install >> completely and the Preferences option under the Gnome panel is empty. >> I am unable to set any preferences, which is mildly annoying. Is this >> known issue? Are the two packages below responsible for the >> Preferences failure? > > I doubt that. I installed the former release (b94) and that one too > hade an empty preferences option under the Gnome panel. I wrote about > that. Seems it's not being delt with (yet). Anoying indeed.
First, we do appreciate it when users from the community report issues and bugs they notice with our development releases. However, to set expectations, you should be aware that the development releases are, by nature, unstable and tend to have bugs. It is not uncommon for things to break in vermillion-devel releases. You probably shouldn't use the vermillion-devel release if you need a well-tested, stable desktop. Instead, it is intended for users who want a bleeding edge desktop, and who don't mind the occasional inconveniences associated with using it. It is also intended for people who want to be involved with helping to develop the desktop code. The OpenSolaris Desktop team and community works to fix these sorts of bugs as we notice them, but it is not uncommon for such bugs to take a few builds to fix. I know that we do not archive the latest "stable" build on the OpenSolaris download site. However, I am not sure it would be useful to provide this, since the Vermillion releases are closely tied to the version of the kernel that we integrate it with. In other words, the last stable Vermillion build we integrated into the last OpenSolaris release probably would not install cleanly on older SXCE/SXDE builds due to changes in imported interfaces. So if you want the latest stable release, I would recommend to simply install the last OpenSolaris release. Brian
