On Saturday 25 October 2003 08:53 am, Michael Adams wrote: > On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:20:29 -0400 > > Glenn Burkhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 17:20, James Conner wrote: > > > For those on the MDK security mailing list you will already know. > > > For those that aren't, check the archives(it's too large to repost > > > here). These updates fix quite a few of the bugs that have been > > > troubling people lately. Glad to see that Mandrake is on top of > > > this to release patches. Granted, it would have been nice to have > > > flawless, bug-free release. :) > > > > > > Jim > > > > I've just looked at the update page, and I'm shocked to see how many > > packages are affected by MDKA-2003:020 (about 60!!). That's got to be > > a new record for a new release. For this many packages, and the > > severity of some of the bugs, Mandrake would be wise to include these > > new packages in their boxed sets, if they want folks to buy 9.3, or > > whatever the next release is. It's bad enough that over 300mb of > > fixes were posted against 9.1. > > > > This looks like a QA breakdown. > > It won't happen on the boxed sets, they have already been sent to press. > > I am hoping however that the download edition, when release to the rest > of the world on mirors will include updated RPM's. This possibility has > only come about because of the policy of releasing it on Mandrake Club > first. It means that the faithfull that know how to update already, can > update, and those that are new to Mandrake will get the "shinier" > product.
It's really not so bad if the download editions serve as a final, if unintentional, "QA" before the boxed sets. Especially if the feedback is immediately acted upon.
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