Agreed, but my goal here is to save the world, not to get my system
working. For each of these issues I've already managed to solve the
problem for myself. I'm trying to improve future releases of Mandrake
and spare others from having to work around the problems in the future.
But so far I've not seen that somebody else in a position to get them
definatively fixed has taken "ownership" of the issues, so I'm trying
to play the role of bulldog here.
I just need to know when the bull is dead so I can finallly let go . . .
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, you wrote:
| One of the most wonderful parts of linux is having access to the source
| code. When you find something that does not work and you fix it. Its
| yours. You do not have to wait for the Keepers of the Documents to pass
| judgement on your work and put it in a future release. It's yours now. I
| have found so many bugs in old compilers, that it almost drove me nuts
| finding work arounds. Now when I find a problem, I fix it, recompile the
| software and run it. Its ssssssssooooooooooooooooooooo sweet! Life is
| good with linux.
|
| Tom
|
|
| Hoyt wrote:
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: Brian T. Schellenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
| > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 3:38 PM
| > Subject: [expert] Question on process / how things get into Mandrake
| >
| > >
| > > Question on process . . .
| > >
| > > How do we know whether some feature / issue that's discussed here
| > > actually makes it into the next release of Mandrake?
| > >
| >
| > I doubt there is a secret cabal. Lowly me (not a programmer or a computer
| > geek -- well, not a programmer) made a suggestion for a fix and it was
| > fixed by Pixel or Axalon, I don't recall which. I have found the Mandrake
| > people to be very responsive, although they are distracted at times. Do some
| > little annoying things slip by? Sure. Do some little annoying things creep
| > in? Sure. It's unfortunatley unrealistsic to expect a trouble-free distro.
| > Your effort to go over the bug list and fix a few things is, I'm sure,
| > welcomed and appreciated.
| >
| > Hoyt
| >
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