----- Original Message -----
From: "Guillaume Cottenceau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] X server problems
> > All I report are serious! There are plenty of others which I hold
> > off reporting till the serious ones are fixed. For example, the
> > last thing the installer should do is run makewhatis and updatedb,
> > otherwise a half-dozen useful/essential commands do not work.
> > Reported during 7.0 beta. Still not done for the 7.1 beta. It's
> > only a two liner before exiting, surely?
>
> Maybe we do not want to do it, didn't you suppose that?
This comes across as unmitigated arrogance and reflects poorly on
MandrakeSoft.
>
> Can you imagine the reaction of the people if we make a "updatedb" at the
> end of install, blocking the system for 2-3 minutes.. When you wait and
> nothing happens, 150 seconds are really long seconds!
>
Here is my reaction: I am investing a significant amount of time in the
install - another 3 minutes to run these commands is not too much,
especially if it would enable "a half-dozen useful/essential commands". All
you have to do is let me know what is occurring via a messsage on the
screen.
When, as a young boy, I was in a hurry, my father would ask "Would you
rather have it done, or have done correctly?"
I would ask that Mandrake do it correctly.
Hoyt
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