On Sunday 05 October 2003 15:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If software is buggy, you can do three things IMHO: > Sorry, but where is the bug report for this buggy software? > This is not a bug (to my understanding), but a feature > enhancement (if we're talking about gaim).
If by "feature enhancement" you mean "support protocols that worked previously but were broken in the shipped version", I guess you're right ;) But in the rest of the world, that's called a bug fix. Basically, if a current gaim isn't available *from Mandrake* for the current Mandrake distribution, whether as an update or whatever, then Mandrake can't claim to support any widely used instant messaging protocols except Oscar (AIM). I know there are a lot of people who would say "good riddance", but with Mandrake's focus on the desktop, it looks bad. Make all the excuses you want, but some reviews are bound to reflect this decision. The question is whether Mandrake's current position is solid enough to allow reviewers the opportunity to say "this distro claims to be a desktop operating system, but I couldn't even sign onto my instant messenger service." Chronic IRC users are prone to not seeing instant messaging as a core desktop application like office and browser, but normal users do and so do many reviewers. Rob
