-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James Sparenberg wrote: > On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 16:41, Pierre Jarillon wrote: > > perhaps the time has come to start looking at > a slower release cycle, and/or niche releases ie laptop, MNF Multimedia > etc.
I fail to see why a laptop needs vastly different software to a dekstop machine. Does Apple have a laptop version of OS X? Does windows have a laptop version of Windows XP? The biggest issue is hardware, and the only way that is going to improve is if more people test the Betas, since hardware/kernel fixes should not be made in RCs. But, for this to happen, someone needs to motivate testers to test Betas. There might be a need for more communication to beta testers, such as at least noting what the objective of the different aspects of the release cycle is. Maybe a notice to the effect of "If you want to ensure your hardware works, you *must* test beta1". 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+iCAXrJK6UGDSBKcRAi6xAKC/Vg28PHYO7BMhVpbly0g8Ov+FhgCfdPoI 91aG+KdD1Nv2TG8Pw7jBiMY= =849a -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
