Dick: >>> 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. > > I my writing gives you the impression I am unhappy or worse with the > vermillion work, than I'm sorry, but that was/is not my intention. > I'm very well aware of the DEV quality and what to expect. > I'm also very pleased with the work being done -AND- the way people > respond to messages and all.
Great, I'm glad to hear that. >> 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. > > Yeah, I know. I guess my 'urge of bleeding' is not that high then ;-) > I also want things to work. In general I'm very happy with the latest > SXCE editions. They seem to be more 'stable' on the desktop. Overall, I think we do try to make sure that things work reasonably. However, the code does tend to be less stable in the earlier builds in each release cycle due to the simple nature of change within the community. The desktop team tends to focus more energy on fixing bugs at the end of each release cycle, so the quality of the builds tends to get better as we get closer to integration. Just to give you an example, sometimes the GNOME community introduces code which exposes Linux/Solaris incompatibilities, and these sometimes takes a while to get working on Solrais. For example, when HAL and D-Bus were first integrated into GNOME, it took the desktop team several months to get these interfaces integrated into Solaris and to get the Solaris GNOME desktop working properly with them. We had similar issues in the last release cycle due to the change from gnome-vfs to gio/gvfs. When there are big changes in the external GNOME community, it sometimes takes us a few builds to get things working again. > ans this explains it for me. I have the worng POV on fixing bugs. I > always thought that what does not work now will work in the -next- > realease. Th?t is wrong. It takes a couple of releases. It depends on the issue, of course, but it is not realistic to expect all bugs to be fixed in a single build. > All in all I do appreciate your extended answer. > I will be a little less critical. As I said, we appreciate the feedback. We might not be aware of an issue, so it is good to hear what you find is broken. > Also try to bear in mind that my native language is Dutch, so I will > not always express myself in the 'right way'. No problems. Brian
