On Wednesday July 23 2003 04:46 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Wednesday 23 July 2003 03:39 pm, Grant wrote: > > > Hey guys. Its feeding frenzy time again. > > > Mandrake 9.2 Beta1 is on the servers > > > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/wiki/ > > > > > > derek > > > > Would that be updated via grpmi? > > > > - Grant
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/CookerHowTo > > No and you wouldn't want to. It has some amount of > disfunctionality at this stage. It is fun to test but some things > will be broken in it. Once it hits the release candidate stage > things get really interesting. Yes it is fun and adventure. A lot of us use cooker as our full time only grocery getter. The idea that 'Once it hits the release candidate stage' should be understood as _ Then it's too late for any user input_. By then it's frozen, and only serious bugs are ferreted out. If you want features, have suggestions, or want to help with bug testing, now is the time to test/critize cooker. Actually beta1 is late so y'all are already late ;) I've tried freely distributing cooker CD's on this list before. The results were mixed, mostly disappointing. Some who asked and recieved, I later found out had broadband and just had me do the CD's for 'em. Some never installed or tested, so no gain for cooker there either. Only one person I made 9.1 beta CD's for actually commented, or posted a bug report. For that one I'm thankful, but I'll not do that again, other than by individual _very special_ request. If I ignore you, check 'an see if Cheapbytes, et al is offerin 9.2 beta CD's Bottom line folks, Mandrake is a community effort, not some software conglomerate. Specially newbie input is useful as most users are newbies. If you're not willin to, when you're able to, test/constructively critize/report bugs/hardware problems during beta, then don't complain about the final or the RC's. You had nothin to do with it when you had the chance. If you're unable to get the iso's or install cooker, you can still contribute by lurking on the cooker list or readin the ML archive. If you have suggestions, post them. Don't expect or insist on answers an support tho. It's a development list. There's a great chance your views were noted, even if not acknowledged. I'd strongly suggest lurkin for at least a month first tho. Please don't clutter cooker. If in doubt post your concerns here or on expert first. Most info you need is in the cooker howto (link above). If nothin else you'll gain some insight as to the release process. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
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