Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Erhm, let's hire some more people here :-).
Start with a beta-test project manager <G>.
> > Linux is not viable until it is done. Does it not worry you that in
> > your scenario the man pages for these commands would be untrue and
> > misleading? Shame on you!
>
> We're talking about "updatedb". Why are you telling me it is not viable?
The installation is not viable because the locate, slocate, apropos,
whatis, etc. commands do not produce any results, and do it silently
with no helpful warning message, making people jump to the conclusion
that what they are looking for does not exist.
> Unless I'm completely lost in space, are you sure you are not inside a
> confusion..!?
> > iso images are pointless, totally unnecessary, and wasteful, but are
> > provided as an alternative download option for those non-thinkers
> > that conventionally expect them and who applied pressure to get them
> > (they were NOT originally supplied). They are NOT the primary
> > distribution during beta testing, and never have been. If you think
> > differently, perhaps you need to educate Gael Duval? Or is it you
> > that is not aware of, or not obeying, his published instructions?
Here is Gael's release announcement to the Cooker List, April 26. In
the referred web page he states the 7.1 beta-testing binaries to be
from about 40 mirror ftp/rsync sites, under mandrake-devel (ie are in
the place where the Cooker distribution usually is). This is
confirmed by the contents of the VERSION file in the base directory:
Linux-Mandrake Hydrogen (20000421)
On the web pages he also mentions the availability of iso image(s?)
on but two sites.
Now, who was confused?
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Hi everybody!
in the case you wouldn't have noticed, Mandrake 7.1 is available for
download and tests.
New features include:
* Hardware
- Enhanced USB support for modems, printers, Zip drives
- i810 based video cards now supported
- ATA 66 (UDMA 66) interface
* Mandrake specific tools
- DrakX graphic installation procedure has been improved to ease
installation it now fully handles multi-CD installation
- If Windows is also on the computer, DrakFont gives the user access
to his Windows fonts under Linux.
- DrakBoot allows for easy graphical configuration of boot loader
(lilo and grub)
- PrinterDrake (printer configuration) now supports more printer
types and options.
* Desktop evironement
- All Helix Code GNOME improvements incorporated
- New menu system. Menus now look the same under all graphical
environments and updates automatically when new packages are
installed.
- Modified Qt library (foundation of KDE applications) supporting
Chinese
* New software
- Now includes brand new XFree 4.0 servers, with new modular
architecture.
- For professional environments, now shipping ReiserFS, a new
journalized file system.
Several mirrors are already ok, from which ISO images on Tucows. If
you have good bandwidth and time, your comments, tests and bug
reports
will be greatly appreciated on the [Cooker] mailling-list and will
contribute to improve Linux-Mandrake!
Infos and mirrors are available on:
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hydrobeta.php3
Thank you!
Gael.
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< Gael DUVAL - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
< http://www.mandrake.com >
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Regards,
Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
