Bill & Lea Greenwood wrote:
>
> Hey Pixel----- I would appreciate that you didn't answer my mails anymore.
> Do you really think you know everything?? Many of us are not programmers,
> but know a great deal about beta testing, as well as other things in life.
> I was under the assumption that Mandrake wanted this all tested, and our
> suggestions put forth. If this is not the case, then please let me know and
> I will gladly unsub-scribe. I perceive you as an arrogant programmer with
> no public skills.
>
> Did you really check out suggestions 1 and 2? The rpmslist doesn't say
> which CD the rpms go on. And drakboot doesn't have the MakeBootDisk button
> on it (unless I'm blind, in which case my humblest apologies).
>
> I would also suggest someone replace the stars on the progress bar of the
> installer with small rectangles no taller than the text. The stars really
> cheapen the installer (IMHO), and little colored rectangles would be much
> more professional, and would give more room for text and it would make it
> look not sooooo crowded.
>
> Again, I would appreciate someone other than a programmer answer my mails.
> Someone with some tact, and that will not put-down the humble beta testers,
> new or not. I suggest Mandrake appoint one person with these public skills
> to act as an intermediary between the programmers and the Cooker list.
> Especially for suggestions vs. bugs.
>
> -Bill
>
> =================================================
>
> > 1) Would it be possible to divide up the RPMs to the 2 different
> > directories (RPMS vs. RPMS2) for the two different CDs on all the Cooker
> > mirror sites? This would be a BIG HELP in keeping them up to date.
>
> the list is (now) in Mandrake/base/rpmslist
>
> >
> > 2) A MakeBootDisk button on the DrakConfig control panel would be handy.
>
> there is via drakboot
>
> >
> > 3) On the installer: I suggest that on the first section when we are
> > talking about SCSI, that the first question should be: Do you have any
> SCSI
> > devices then if not, then skip this section completely. If you do then
> > ask the next question: Do you want to search for (SCSI) devices then
> > continue from that point.
>
> it seems to be a good idea. I must be look at what it could break though :-/
> (very frozen here!)
DO NOT USE DRAK.... for the installation !
Use the TEX install.
I now, contribs made it (some) easier to install (and others) for the
new user,
but when we pay for it --- do it GOOD.
Eric
