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From: Tom Berkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 11:52 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Question on process / how things get into Mandrake
> One of the most wonderful parts of linux is having access to the source
> code. When you find something that does not work and you fix it. Its
> yours. You do not have to wait for the Keepers of the Documents to pass
> judgement on your work and put it in a future release. It's yours now. I
> have found so many bugs in old compilers, that it almost drove me nuts
> finding work arounds. Now when I find a problem, I fix it, recompile the
> software and run it. Its ssssssssooooooooooooooooooooo sweet! Life is
> good with linux.
>
That's great to fix it for you, but it's even better if you fix it for the
rest of us. An excellent example of fixing and improving is LILo version 22.
It seems that the "official" LILO keeper was/is not available to to pass
judgement on teh use of extended BIOS calls in the new version, so the
programmer just released it to the community.
Still, there are dozens, if not hundreds and thousnads of little things that
could be fixed so they don't cause trouble for those that haven't yet
learned enough to troubleshoot and debug.
Hoyt
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