On Sunday 17 March 2002 19:03, SI Reasoning wrote: > --- Warly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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.
> My probem is not as much the release of software that > is not polished, as much as the fact that it never > gets there after release either. If work continued on > 8.2, squashing bugs, fixing annoyances, until it truly > does reach stable... then by the time 8.3 came around > (or 9.0), administrators could feel comfortable > installing 8.2. You seem to be a ssuming a stable target. Between now and 9.0, KDE3 and Gnome2 will stabilise, grow applications, and be begging for inclusion in the distribution. Mandrake is always aiming for a moving target, and has to in order to remain relevant; discount your expectations accordingly. Cheers; Leon
