-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert L martin wanted us to know:
>I think that one of the guides for the next release should be >EVERTHING works. stop dinking about with the splash screens and the >themes and just make it work. who cares if some ap is the absolute >lastest version (unless its a security issue) DOES IT WORK?? Ah, but you're skirting around an issue that many people ignore. The answer to does it work is frequently "if you grab the latest cvs of XXXXXX package". Why? Because people like to buy the latest and greatest hardware. Unfortunately, Linux driver support is done after the fact of hardware release unless the hardware operates identically to previous hardware that was released. Whole corporations have ignored Linux for a long time, but that is slowly changing. I'd like it to be a little faster myself. Back to the point, your definition of "DOES IT WORK" is going to be confined to the scope of the hardware you own. Decisions are made by developers every day as to whether the hardware support required is balanced by the features/bugs introduced with new code. Of course, this is not the only issue. Witness the recent openssh exploits that we were immune to due to the intelligent thought process of our developers (I include Vincent in this). Lots of variables are involved. - -- Blue skies... Todd | Get a bigger hammer! | All vendors suck, but different ones | | http://www.mrball.net | suck less in different applications. | | http://faq.mrball.net | --Andy Walden on NANOG | Linux kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/clS5IBT1264ScBURAtoiAKDBz6beKUk44AkHPiVQmOXZSAkVVQCgpGVZ KfAEFcnl4T46yppDO5RMhcw= =mt7M -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
