Re: [Cooker] I am puzzled by people's behaviour...

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

James Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:


[...]

> > They are right, they say that if we use two different names, people in the
> > shops would require the newest one, which the shop would be unable to
> > provide.
> 
> Not necessarily; label the box as "7.2RC1" or whatever, and add a little
> "sticker" on the cover art boasting "Includes free online upgrade to 7.2
> Final!".

You are misunderstanding the reason/utility for Release Candidates.

If you want to call the retail version RC1, please call the online version
RC2.

Again, I have to explain that Release Candidates, are Candidates to become
gold releases, no more no less.

The retail version is the distrib we judge to be good enough for 7.2; the
online version is stricly the same except that it has the latest kde2
packages and a bunch of other minor fixes.
 
> > That's an unsolvable problem, I think.
> 
> Not entirely. The product they are selling is NOT "7.2", and shouldn't be
> sold as such. Just print the truth...

I'm sorry, it IS "7.2", difference is some small updates..

AFAIK, it's printed on the boxes that it does contain a pre-version of
final kde2.0.



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Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft
http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/