Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 9.1 Should be Delayed

[Bruno Prior]

I couldn't agree more. The volume of traffic on the Cooker list since 
9.1 went beta is not the sign of a healthy distro close to release. I 
cannot believe that even a company many times larger than Mandrakesoft 
could possibly review and fix this many bug reports in a matter of days. 
 And that's assuming no more come in over the coming days.

I thought one of the principles of Free Software was to have as many 
eyeballs as possible trying things out. There are a small number of 
dedicated participants on this list who seem to be just about able to 
keep track. But I am sure most users have not had the opportunity to 
test RC1 thoroughly, let alone RC2 in a couple of days. Which means that 
the distro will not have been adequately tested, and all sorts of bugs 
will emerge after release. As you say, this would probably be the 
death-knell for Mandrakesoft.

Thank you for saying this. Let's hope Mandrake listen.

Cheers,

Bruno Prior

Timothy R. Butler wrote:
According to what I understand, Warly is reporting that Mandrake Linux 9.1 
will be finalized no later than March 14. In my opinion, this could very well 
be a death sentence for MandrakeSoft.