-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > That's great and thanks for it. But do you *honestly* think, that huge > > amount of outstanding issues (even when focusing on the most critical, > > like crashes etc.) could be fixed and tested in one-week time ? > > Yes, I do. This ain't Microsoft, y'know! (-:
Yeah, I know :-) But I also have experience with rushing the release of the product - both as the developer and the consumer of the product. Neither of them is good. > I can guarantee that Mandrake won't fix *all* bugs, since every one of the > thousands of packages they're bundling is essentially evolving under their > feet, but they'll probably fix *enough*. They have to strike a balance > between currency and safety. With 9.0 the balance was just a tad too far > towards the currency side, with 8.2 the balance was pretty good. Wait and > see. Sure, I keep my fingers crossed for them, they are doing amazing work. But sometimes : - - it is possible to do better (e.g. better responses to bugzilla - discussed elsewhere) - - it is not possible to beat the laws of physics - the day has only 24 hours and they have only so many developers - - if you find out the balance *after* the release, it is too late. Especially, if the product is buggy. > If you're worried about bugs getting through, the obvious thing to do is > grab an RC2 ISO, install it on some machines, and start finding, reporting > and following up on the suckers. Yep, I am doing exactly that, but not with ISO's (I do not have so much time and so many machines to spare), but with daily updated Cooker. Jan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+aI89n11XseNj94gRAksNAKDVAqauSSaowaIkocvDm9pGQ0f1mACfaYZk 5P5S1HNPwH/JoZpi2yp5L2o= =BhPm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
