I will second this one. The mandrake update never seems to have the
relevent updates.
+ Feature Suggestion For 7.2
Have mandrake update say, "You're only running mandrake 7.2, mandrake 7.3
is now available, click to update now" The it downloads and installs the
latest. (Of course provide a warning for the bandwith challenged).
-David Talbot
At 02:06 PM 6/2/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I used to use RedHat. Since I bought a boxed set, I could use their Update
>program (it's been a while, so I forget the exact name). It seemed like every
>time they released a patch/update, it would show up in their utility. With
>MandrakeUpdate, the announced security related fixes don't always show up. I
>like Mandrake a lot (even though it was the only distro to completely wipe out
>a user's hard drive due to defective hdparm settings [6.0?, 6.1?]), but I
don't
>have quite the warm fuzzy feeling I had with RedHat.
>---
>On Fri, 02 Jun 2000, you wrote:
>> Even with RedHat's more conservative approach, they've always had to
>> release updates as they went along to fix bugs in the released product.
>> So, to my mind, I can't quite see the point of slowing down. I say full
>> speed ahead. There will be bugs, but that's what MandrakeUpdate is for,
>> right?
>>
>> I'm with this ship as long as its the fastest ship on the sea. I know
>> bugs are inevitable no matter how slow we go, so I'm happy to tolerate a
>> few, perhaps even a few more than other distributions, as long as this
>> remains the fastest ship on the sea. Don't slow down, because if I see
>> a faster ship out there, and it doesn't appear to be sinking, I'll be
>> happy to jump off this ship. I've done it before, and I'll do it again
>> if Mandrake doesn't stay out front.
>>
>> I don't see that as happening anytime soon though. Keep up the good
>> work, guys. Full speed ahead...
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>Jonathan M. Prigot (617-278-0794)
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