Hi,
On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Michael Johnson wrote:
> Re E ( the Enlightened Window Manager ) it should be noted that the
> version of libpng that shipped with 6.0 is broken in respect to E. I
> have to say, I do not use the E that ships with SuSE as I am following
> it via CVS but if you try to compile CVS with libpng 2.1.0.2-24 you
> wil get some of Rasters playful erros messages have No Joy through
> Enlightenment. I think a note about this maybe should be included--
> that some apps 'struggle' with that version of libpng. I am not so
> sure why SuSE continues to ship DR14, though, since some of the later
> versions ( DR15) seems to me to have augmented Enlightenment and
> includes nice features like EConfig and some other enhancements )). I
> strongly suggest moving the release up to the supposedly 'unstable'
> DR15 as it is much better IMHO than DR14.
Thanks for the info, I'll contact our maintainer of E.
> In speaking of E in this 'too long' mail, is Eterm included in SuSE?
Not yet...
> If not shouldn't it be? It is sort the Enlightenment terminal and I
> can't understand when something like the enigmatic EMusic is included
> but I see no mention of Michael Jenning's Eterm program. That makes no
> sense to me, especially since the later is really stable and the
> former is buggy as hell, in my experience. Anyway...
I guess, someone already has it on his TODO. If not, I'll forward you
message to feedback to add ETerm to the wishlist. :-)
> Sendmail is not mentioned on the site from what I could see in the
> 'Updated Packages' section ( which is right below the list of new
> packages ) . This in spite of the fact that many have requested the
> upgrade. Hopefully whoever manages the site will make sure that the
> Sendmail upgrade to 8.9.3 will be mentioned from the 8.8* that SuSE
> has been shipping with so long. Not because it's a major transition
> but because it concerns customers inquiring in respect to this
> particular upgrade and it might deter some of the "Why does SuSE ship
> with such an old sendmail?" questions/complaints.
Fortunately, we will have sendmail 8.9.3 on SuSE 6.1. We should update
this page...
> Humorously, "John the Ripper"-- the app that I asked about that
> 'tests' passwords has been added. So I guess those people who sent me
> the private mail about my request being inappropriate to the nature of
> the list were mistaken. :-) Inclusion of nmap was nice move as well.
> Snes9x and x11amp ( I'm assuming this is the gtk+ opened up version
> that you're talking about ) were also some more nice touches.
>
> Question: I see ( as discussed in another thread ) that Postfix will
> be with 6.1, but understand that some people (Hubert, others ) are
> already using it on their SuSE linux boxes. Can some people that
> prefer Postfix to Sendmail, tell me why they prefer it. I've been
> hearing about it for a while and have the sources but haven't actually
> tried it yet and would like to hear some opinions from the rank and
> file.
Simple: it's fast and easier to configure. :)
It is also said to be safer, but I do not have any practical experience
with it.
> Nice to see Linux 2.2.5 shipping 'out of the box' come May with 6.1.
>
> Once again, the SuSE guys seem to have outdone themselves. I applaud
> you and am anticipating another great release. Thanks for handling the
> transition so beautifully, and SuSE linux ( as you know ) will be my
> recomendation to anyone who asks when they ask me for a distribution
> recomendation.
Thanks for your positive comments.
Best regards,
LenZ
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