-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Timothy R. Butler wrote:
>>Yes, it is true. There was a big thread about this on the newbie (or was >>it expert) list a few weeks ago and just this sentiment was expressed. I >>think it is important for people to understand what MandrakeSoft says these >>things mean though, not what people think they should mean. Whether it is >>there responsibility to search this info out, or MandrakeSoft's >>responsibility to make it more available is the subject of another >>discussion. > > > That's true. Although. I think Mandrake could do itself a big favor by just > sticking to the standard definitions of these things. Generally a release > candidate is a distro (or software) that has all of its features stablized > and potentially *could* be the release. RC1 especially, but even RC2, are not > that type of release. > I have been running rc1 since I got hold of it (about 2 days after release) on my laptop, and there were very few issues, no show-stoppers (ie nothing worked significantly worse than any previous stable release). I will be installing rc2 tonight (as I have some features to test that were not enabled in the rc1 installer). With the obvious reluctance of people to test betas, there is simply no other way to get wide hardware testing it seems. - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+Z6pSrJK6UGDSBKcRAiUAAJ99QuN/+wj4BMkbLs7marBYQmi0cQCeKmuq 4yUC8W5lJhOxAjC492NQa10= =DaBE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
