>>>>> "B" == Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
B> Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:
>> I'm hoping I missed something, but the apm-tools (apmd) tell me
>> the 9.1 distro kernel
B> Of course, this is the wrong list for this question ...
Even if we're building cooker with options incompatible with laptops?
Maybe I'm mistaken. I thought the purpose of cooker was to ensure a
consistent and robust distribution through massively parallel
debugging under wide user circumstances -- unless there's good reason
to believe this subsystem has changed, aren't the lessons of
installing the just-prior release in unusual circumstance suitable
topics for discussion?
For example, does the cooker list not care if the pcmcia_cs *.conf
files mistakenly assign prism2 wireless cards to hermes chipsets or
that the prism2_cs module, according to Google search results on
"mandrake prism2_cs" has _never_ been successfully configured? If you
ask me, we'll never get a distro 'perfect', but it still makes us look
bad if we include dysfunctional parts
Maybe no one can do anything about it (esp the prism2 issue), but if
it's mentioned in the cooker, then at least the next random user who
slams into the bug and asks Google, maybe they will find the cooker
alert and realize it's an 'issue' -- 99% of the issues we see here
every day never make it into the official 'errata' ;)
Is it inappropriate to the future release to ensure we distribute
packages compatible with the kernel we're including? In my case here,
if APM _is_ disabled in the kernel, that's ok, but then the apmd kit
being shipped with the cooker should be dropped because it's
incompatible: If people can recompile their own kernel to gain APM
support, you can be pretty certain they know how to download the apmd
software; if APM _is_ included in the kernel, then maybe this issue
points to an essential incompatibility with the kernel settings.
The thing is, unless someone reports it, how will we know?
Just my opinion of course ;)
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