> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:17:29 +0200 > From: Dominik Vogt <fvwm@fvwm.org>
> > I > was building a Red Hat ready fvwm2.5.2 RPM > > > which we are probably going to use here at Manchester CS. > > Don't do that! It's not even alpha quality. I can't decide whether your are advising using 2.5.3, or 2.4.9 instead! :-) 2.5.2 does *seem* very stable. I have used it everyday since early July, and it has not crashed. :-) All (certainly most) of the ~700 users will be using the same configuration package as I have been using, i.e. AnotherLevelUp (otherwise it would be a little dangerous, I agree). I have added a patch to fix the task bar start button context problem I reported yesterday (thanks for fixing in CVS, Mikhael). The most persuasive motive for using 2.5 rather than 2.4 is it's extra features that *might* help in the desperate war against the Java/FVWM mismatch -- which has reached critical status now that all our undergraduates write so much Java.... :-( Meanwhile, I have switched to using 2.5.3 personally -- so far so good. I have probably got about 3 weeks to try 2.5.3 and use that instead if there have been no serious problems. My current reasoning is this: 2.5.2 was alpha last month, and the problems found in it since did not screw up AnotherLevelUp. Now, 2.5.3 is alpha, but it has not been tested with AnotherLevelUp for a month! Maybe the problems in 2.5.3 will screw up AnotherLevelUp -- I'll let you know if they do, but while I find out, 2.5.2 is actually a safer bet!!!! Of course, I'll have RPMS for 2.4.[6-9] up my sleeve in case the worst should happen. > > Bye > > Dominik ^_^ ^_^ Best wishes, John Latham -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL: http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
