Actually, the only problem I had with the KDE2.0/KDE2.1 switch was the
need to delete my .kderc and .kde/ subdir (though maybe I could have
spared some things the knife).
As for Mandrake's update policy, I can't speak for them, but I believe
it is that they only support bug fixes to the packages included on the
CD's. Updated versions for the sake of updating are not officially
supported as those haven't had more stingent testing done on them.
Mandrake's good, but they still have only limited resources with which
to maintain and promote their distro.
Of course, I've had little problem with /unsupported and would recommend
it to any home user. (I wouldn't recommend it to any business that
wants/needs MandrakeSoft support.)
Randy Kramer wrote:
>
> I had trouble upgrading from kde 2.0 to kde 2.1 (on Mandrake 7.2)
> (possibly because I'm pretty much a newbie).
>
> Still, I was disappointed when one of the responses I got from the
> cooker list was that the binary RPMs to upgrade Mandrake 7.2 to kde 2.1
> are unsupported. (I since learned about expert and should have asked
> for help there, but have not.)
>
> It is also disappointing that I did not see any mention of this intent
> not to support the upgrade to kde 2.1 on the web pages. (To be honest,
> I have not looked that hard, but it was not obvious when I went to
> download the rpms.)
>
> What is Mandrake's policy on package upgrades? Is it the policy to sell
> / distribute a given distribution (7.2) and the only supported upgrade
> path is the next revision of the distribution (8.0)? What is the policy
> of other distributions?
>
> Randy Kramer
>
> Vadim Plessky wrote:
> > If you look at different KDE lists (-general, -user) - a lot of people
> > complain on missing RPM packages for RH 7.0, many people have problems with
> > upgrading to KDE 2.1/2.1.1 on SuSE and Caldera, but for Mandrake process is
> > (almost) seamless.
> > But, in any case, it looks like SuSE is second best (after Mandrake) for KDE
> > users.
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