What are the knows big problems in 8.2 final ? Thanks
>From: Warly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Cooker] Mandrake way of life >Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:12:46 +0100 > > >Mandrake Linux is based on a fixed date releasing due to market >constraints (distributor/supplier schedules). As a consequence the >release date was scheduled 3 months ago. On this date we have a >very little margin of 2 or 3 days, but not more. > >So the datum is: "release date is March the 15th". > >Now we need to do it in this timeframe (and we are the 17th), and >we have no other choice. > >In a few days 8.2 updates will be released, and them you will have >the real stable and polished distro you want. > >Debian has no real realease date, as a consequence doing a stable >release is just a piece of cake, anybody can do it. > >Maybe our model is not good. > >Thinking of a better model, I am not sure what I could choose. No >deadline means no hurry, and "if the last moments didn't exist, >nothing good would be done". > >Moreover if we wait too much, new versions of nearly all the tools in >the distro will be released, and their respective authors will not >care anymore fixing bugs in the old version we would have included. > >I do think that our model is not so bad, and that we are reaching a >good compromise between cutting edge and stability, but /this/ >compromise _is needed_. > >-- >Warly > ================= _________________________________________________________________ Rejoignez le plus grand service de messagerie au monde avec MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com/fr
