On Sunday 22 September 2002 12:06 pm, SI Reasoning wrote: > Sitsofe Wheeler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >Unfortunately a platform is only as good as the new programs being > >produced for it. I would like to stay on 8.2 for a while after 9.0 is > >released but there are pieces of software that I'm really aching for. > >Above everything else I wish to run the latest Evolution (1.0.8?) on 8.2 > >as I'm still stuck on the bug ridden 1.0.2. Mozilla 1.0.1 and Galeon > >1.2.6 would also be good but my requests on for them on the cooker list > >have fallen on death ears. I would build them myself but I lack the > >space for the source and the bandwidth to get the necessary SRPMS in the > >first place on my Mandrake machine :( > > You can get these with Ximian gnome on 8.2. However, for some unexplained > reason they refuse to work with Mandrake's unified menus. I have no idea > why they are so stubborn on this, I have mentioned it to them plenty of > times but have had no action. I can't imagine it being a bid deal to > include the simple piece of code to make it work with the mandrake menu > system, this code can be re-used on every build. Maybe this is something > the mandrake club or texstar can resolve.
So far, I haven't seen a single piece of software that worked with Mandrake's menu system (8.2, upgraded to KDE3 - maybe that's why?). I don't think it's a problem with ximian gnome. -- -- Igor
