Way cool! Does mandrake have an e-mail address for sending fixes. A
repository of stuff that others have done and can be incorporated in to
the future releases. If not do you and they think that would be a good
idea. Policy of this e-mail address would be to delete any input that
asks a question as that is inappropriate for a repository of solutions.
They could then use or forward to the responsible party.
Tom
PS
You can let go anytime, just remember the three fundamental principles
of leadership:
1) Follow-up; 2) Follow-up; 3) Follow-up. Its all about raising
someone's consciousness and keeping it at the new level. ^_^
"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
>
> Agreed, but my goal here is to save the world, not to get my system
> working. For each of these issues I've already managed to solve the
> problem for myself. I'm trying to improve future releases of Mandrake
> and spare others from having to work around the problems in the future.
>
> But so far I've not seen that somebody else in a position to get them
> definatively fixed has taken "ownership" of the issues, so I'm trying
> to play the role of bulldog here.
>
> I just need to know when the bull is dead so I can finallly let go . . .
>
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> | 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.
> |
> | Tom
> |
> |
> | Hoyt wrote:
> | >
> | > ----- Original Message -----
> | > From: Brian T. Schellenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 3:38 PM
> | > Subject: [expert] Question on process / how things get into Mandrake
> | >
> | > >
> | > > Question on process . . .
> | > >
> | > > How do we know whether some feature / issue that's discussed here
> | > > actually makes it into the next release of Mandrake?
> | > >
> | >
> | > I doubt there is a secret cabal. Lowly me (not a programmer or a computer
> | > geek -- well, not a programmer) made a suggestion for a fix and it was
> | > fixed by Pixel or Axalon, I don't recall which. I have found the Mandrake
> | > people to be very responsive, although they are distracted at times. Do some
> | > little annoying things slip by? Sure. Do some little annoying things creep
> | > in? Sure. It's unfortunatley unrealistsic to expect a trouble-free distro.
> | > Your effort to go over the bug list and fix a few things is, I'm sure,
> | > welcomed and appreciated.
> | >
> | > Hoyt
> | >
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