On Wednesday 03 September 2003 08:01 pm, David Rankin wrote:
> Joeb penned:
> > Since .2 releases are supposed to be the most stable of the
> > series (7.2, 8.2 and now 9.2)  I hope Mandrake would let the release
> > date slip if needed for improved stability.
>
>     I whole-heartedly agree and encourage a slip to foster stability and a
> polished release if required. I have tried virtually all version of mdk
> since 7.0. I am still running 7.2 as a server because of the problems that
> have been left in all releases since 7.2. To call 8.2 a victory in polish I
> think misses the mark. But to be fair, 8.2 was born during the fight to go
> from gcc 2.96 to the 3.0X variety that gave all of the major packages
> headaches or hangovers depending on how you look at it.
>
>     Bottom line, forget focusing on just getting the next number release
> out to stay ahead in the numbers game, get the next release out right. I've
> said it before and I'll say it again, if 9.2 is as clean and reliable as
> 7.2 was/is, the mdk folks will have hit a home run.
>
I would second that, however when I merely suggested the above, I was snarled 
at. ??? I really think if they could do the above, some big corp might take 
them under their wings like SUSE got. ? Just a thought. 

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joeb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 7:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] dm in 9.2RC1 dying...
>
> > Mark wrote:
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> > >
> > >On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Joeb wrote:
> > >>Mark wrote:
> > >>>Hi all,
> > >>>
> > >>>Is anyone else seeing this happen? What I mean is the system boots
> > >>> just fine to the GUI login screen, but after I've logged out of my
> > >>> Xwindows session it doesn't remain in init 5, but drops to init 3,
> > >>> and the
>
> console
>
> > >>>login appears. In order to get the GUI login screen back I've got to
>
> drop
>
> > >>>to init 1 and then go to init 5.
> >>>
> >>>------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>
> > >>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
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> > >>
> > >>There's already been a bug report submitted on it.  I think you can
> > >> also get the dm back by logging in at the console prompt and typing:
> > >> service -f dm   (you will need to be root or su to root).  After that,
> > >> you won't get kicked out of the dm until you reboot and logout the
> > >> first time. Hopefully, it will be fixed for RC2.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Joeb
> > >
> > >Awesome...thanks Joeb. By the way...when is the scheduled release date
> > > of RC2?
> > >
> > >- --
> > >Mark
> >
> > Hopefully, not until it's finished!  It seems that the RC introduced a
> > bunch of problems that weren't in the last beta.  Most, but not all seem
> > to be cleared up in cooker.  I haven't actually heard of a release
> > date.  Since .2 releases are supposed to be the most stable of the
> > series (7.2, 8.2 and now 9.2)  I hope Mandrake would let the release
> > date slip if needed for improved stability.
> >
> > Joeb
>
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