-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 There are a number of pretty serious bug still, and I would hate to see Mandrake 9.1 ship as cooker currently is. Some of them are trivial to fix, but really create a bad impression (since bugs that are so easy to fix you really have no excuse for fixing). Others are probably more technical, but really affect usability for anyone who has more than one computer (specifically large companies).
Easy to fix, low risk bugs ========================== 1)Bad menu file, prevents using in super user mode in anything besides KDE: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2981 (also has a fix for bug 240 which is starting konqueror with a bad view profile from the same menu entry in KDE) 2)pstopdf options for .ps files broken. This looks really unprofessional, and I have added a fixed entry for this in the bugzilla entry: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3196 More difficult, but important bugs: =================================== 1)kprinter crashing (taking app with it) with users in ldap (can someone test NIS or winbind, it may be any users not in /etc/passwd): http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3349 2)kio_smb not working. Note that it works reasonably well in 9.0/KDE3.0, much better in Knoppix/KDE3.0, almost totally useless in 9.0/KDE3.1 and current cooker: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2107 3)Using detailed view in (default) double-click mode in Konqueror behaves as if in single-click mode http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=982 Warly, is it to late to have at lest the easy-to-fix bugs fixed? Note, from personal experience, updates provided have virtually no improvement in people's perception of a distro, specifically in the case where they don't have the bandwidth to do updates at the end of the install. I am still answering questions about supermount on 9.0 in local LUG lists, even though the kernel update fixes it ... (I actually answered one this morning). So, I would really suggest getting at least some of the visible but trivial-to-fix bugs fixed. If other cookers have similar bugs (all mine seem to be KDE-specific ;-)), please add them to the list, but try and keep it neat. Remove my 6 paragraphs of waffle, and don't quote the bug summaries. Also, please don't add anything that would require changes to installer/kernel/X as they are even less likely to be fixed. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+ddWlrJK6UGDSBKcRAjt3AKCJM76IQZE2mmbj/S9vzkbGBECapgCfU5YU ROcczipordaq6FR+degBjEk= =jwJm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
