On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 12:51:06AM -0700, Digital Wokan wrote: > For all the things Mandrake got right, I can't believe they'd freeze a > segfaulting everybuddy instead of allowing in a newer version that actually > works. I realize it's not a critical piece of software, so I'll try to make > this comparison relavent... > It's like Ford putting out a car without putting a good fuse in the accessory > fuse socket. Sure the car runs and most people may never notice, but anyone > going to use the cigarette lighter, or plugging in a CB, cell phone charger, > etc is going to have to go out of their way to fix the problem before they > can use that nice little extra. (Of course, Ford has a bigger market share > than Mandrake, so the stink raised would be quite a bit larger.)
It's not segfaulting for everyone. I actually wasn't having problems with 0.4.2. I just keep upgrading because well it keeps getting more stable. But I don't think anyone really reported lots of problems with 0.4.3 till well like right in the last few days before the release. So since there wasn't a overriding reason for the upgrade it didn't get pushed. Further there is some possible downsides to 0.4.3. My version ships with Xft enabled. Which is new... And ocassionally it goofs on the paints (shading/minimizing and restoring it seems to fix it). Not compiling with Xft enabled makes the fonts look ugly. So I'm sure if I pushed to get 0.4.3 included then someone would be bitching because Xft wasn't working right for them or if we turned off Xft that the fonts were ugly. As the French are fond of saying: c'est la vie. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org Never take no as an answer from someone who isn't authorized to say yes.
