>>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2005 at 12:17 pm, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for all the info, I'll need some time to mull it over - but if I hit > any more snags I'll let you know. > > Really my main interest in waiting for SuSe 10 gold DVD was simply > convienience - it is a one time setup process and I can buy the DVD and get > support etc along with all the other benefits of just doing a one time > install. I am possibly just a tad lazy, as a DVD just allows me to install > everything I might possibly need in one go and then go out for a walk for an >
sure ... I am going to create a little wiki page on SUPER to go from SUSE retail to SLICK manually for people like yourself. This should help > hour or so while it installs. I am also TBH not really very interested in > having lot's of very beta applications on my system, or beta Window managers > > and so on - the only thing that interests me really your patch set and your > kernels (and also your patched ATI drivers - since ATI still suck at keeping > up with the latest kernel builds) and anything really that gives my standard > sure I should have it all running this week ready for final release. The above page I mentioned helps in getting just those parts manually into SUSE that you want. > SuSe install a nice big performance boost. > > It is nice to have several different versions of SuSe that one can install - > including a minimal one CD version - but these kinds of installs are equally > achievable via the official SuSe 10 DVD. (I guess the single CD version is > useful for those few remaining people who don't have a DVD drive). So really > > for me just focusing on your patches and your kernels is enough. > Fair enough. > I can still of course report on any problems I find, but ultimately as I do > have a DVD drive (indeed I have several DVD drives) I don't see any real > need to use a seperate single CD installer. Besides which from my POV, the > less uncertainty I introduce into the loop the better. > That would be great > An example of this is the Sax2 bug. I have tested 10.0 RC1 on the same > system and Sax2 functions normally. But on your CD it does not. (BTW > regrettably there is no error output, the process simply dies before Sax2 > ever launches). While you might not intend to intruduce errors into a > minimalist type install, over time this might be more difficult to do as > users increasingly report more and more errors to you and you struggle to > fix them. At least with 10.0 official, if Sax2 (or any other component) > craps out I will know exactly who to approach. > What is your system spec (hardware, cpu, videocard) > In any case that is my intention, I intend to trouble you only with issues > relating to your patches and your kernels - and to approach the SuSe 10 main > development team with issues relating to everything else. > No trouble whatsoever .. I am here to answer those questions I feel comfortable answering on SUSE and Slick. After all this direct interaction between Novell and the developer community is the strenght of openSUSE and an Open Source community structure we are in the early stages of building here. So keep asking ... Andreas Andreas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
