I don't think you should be making any of these
judgements until you look at the 8.0 final.
First of all, remember that they are all betas and
prereleases. They TOLD you it had bugs. They TOLD
you it wasn't finished.
Also, it was not two days between RC1 and Final. It
was several weeks, actually. You may have downloaded
RC1 late, but that doesn't mean that work on the final
was rushed.
As far as the language remember that Mandrake is a
French based company. I'm sure they utilize
developers from many different countries. It is silly
to assume that English will be every Mandrake
developer's mother tongue. When you consider they
have about 50 languages on Mandrake, you should be
able to excuse some grammar/spelling issues AT LEAST
until the final comes out. I'd be curious to see how
much you were offended with the French translations in
the betas.
Finally, before you have a heart attack do not that
this is a .0 release. .0 usually signifies a
significant change. .0 tends to be the most likely to
have issues. Now the first people looking at 8.0 tend
to be very impressed. Some are even claiming it to be
the best Mandrake to date. Maybe it's perfect. But
likely, there will be some issues along the way. Be
patient and understanding. Don't carry your issues
from bugs in a development release to the final
version. Judge it for what it is.
--- Philomena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm not sure if I'm happy with the RC1, as I just
> downloaded, burnt, and
> installed in on Teusday ! I haven't had time yet to
> see how it worked. I'm
> concerned a bit since it seems odd that at the same
> time that Crashtesters
> are still reporting problems with Beta 3, this RC1
> release comes out, and
> then 2 days later the 8.0 is out ? There were
> several picky, grammar errors
> through out the RC1 install that lends an
> unprofessional feeling - nothing
> to do with the software, but makes you wonder . A
> friend of mine has had
> problems with his USB mouse with each beta release
> (not recognized at all),
> and I don't know if the prob was fixed in RC1. The
> 8.0 release seemed very
> quick - also very close on the heels of Redhat
> announcing their new
> release. However, I'll download the 8.0 ISOs as soon
> as I can get onto a
> mirror and see how it is.
>
> philomena
>
>
> At 01:59 PM 4/20/2001 -0400, Charles A Edwards
> wrote:
>
>
>
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Philomena
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 2:10 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [newbie] RC1 vs. 8.0 ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Is RC1 different from the 8.0 release ??
> > >
> > > thx,
> > > philomena
> > >
> > >
> >
> >I have not done a package compare, but 8.0 looks
> >to be more or less the same as RC-1.
> >8.0 does have a latter kernel build, 2.4.3-20
> >versus 2.4.3-10 in RC-1.
> >I am sure there are probably other patches and/or
> >fixes that have been applied to the final as well.
> >
> >If you are happy with the RC-1 do you need to
> upgrade
> >to the final?
> >That is a personal choice.
> >I have a DSL connection and a burner, so I do it
> >for no better reason than I can do so from the
> ISOs.
> >
> > Charles (-:
> >
> >Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.
>
>
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