"Richard Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > >"Richard Chase" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>Please add both. The first is the ethernet device, and the second > >>is the 56K modem device. > >> > > > >Since we're in deep freeze post-RC, I'm not really in favor of > >adding this at this moment. I'll add it after 8.2 is released. > > > > > I'm not flaming you personally, but shouldn't all the problems be > addressed before a final release? I have barely been able to
When we advance towards stability, we change things only to fix important bugs because fixing minor bug could lead to appearance of important bug, which we can't be sure because it would need vast testing. > download each beta and install it before the next one is > released. While I am in favor of fast development, testing takes We have fast test cycles. In general, reporting a bug in beta2 when beta3 is already out was Ok if bug was still in beta3, of course. > time. It is no wonder the OS never seems to become stable. There Each distro targets different markets. Debian is probably one of the most stable but the price is that the software is outdated. We value very much the fact that we provide recent software. > is also a problem with the setup of XFree86 on my machine, which > I have posted to this list a couple of times. There doesn't seem > to be any interest in that message. ??? It seems that the final It probably means that our XFree86 maintainer "rated" your bug has less important than tons of other things he had to do. In general, providing the solution/fix/patch brings higher chance to get the problem really fixed, but it's sometimes very hard :-). > release of Mandrake 8.2 will not work correctly on my Dell > base-configuration laptop! Yes. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://www.frozen-bubble.org/
