On Wed, 2003-11-12 at 07:44, stefmit wrote: > Hi, fellow MDK-ers. I may be repeating myself, but I am not as much of a MDK > "geek", as a network person trying to use (and paying for it!) the MDK > solution as underlying system for my network and security tools ... this as > an introduction (to point my "end-user" status, if you will, and how many > customers of MDK may perceive the issues) ;) > > I pre-ordered and just got the 9.2 package, and I already have some questions: > > 1. I have been reading on this list and its archives about tons of problems > with the new release. I have already run into one that some others may have > experienced (doing an online update screwed up afterwards all the menus I had > in KDE). > [Q] - is there a repository of all the known and still unpatched screw-ups, on > the MDK web site? And possibly workarounds?
2 places from/for MDK. Like all of the others an errata section is maintained at http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3 (this is the English Version.) And now for 9.2 we finally have a bug tracking system for bugs in the release version (and yes it does get read and acted on.) http://bugs.mandrakelinux.com is that URL. > > 2. I have purchased the Pro-Pack (I think ?!? - it is the one with 9 CDs and a > workstation DVD), but without the manuals (of course, as I was the one having > gotten burned before with the purchase of their special "Definitive Manual" - > which was a piece of worthless paper, falling apart, also). The package and > invoice do not contain any product ID. > [Q] Having paid "something" ($139.95), I was expecting to be able to register > and get support for the <whatever_time_frame_30_days_?!?>, so I can get to > the main purpose of my install, i.e. trying new tools and recompiling my > stuff. But there is no product ID I could use. Am I wrong assuming that for > the commercial package one would expect some support to begin with? I am > willing and capable of looking and resolving issues on my own, but I have > some (I consider them decent) pre-requisites for things I pay for ... am I > totally off? > > 3. I used to use easy urpmi's web site to build additional sources for > packages (eventually replacing even the need for CDs). I have tried a couple > of 9.2 ones, from the same http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php I have > been using for 9.1, but almost all the variations I have tried had failed one > way or another (in the middle of updates, or not being able to contact sites > at all, etc.). I am still successful in using the 9.1 ones (with a minor > exception - it looks like my favorite French club-internet.fr source site is > not working anymore with curl, and I have to use wget ... as of a week and a > half ago). > [Q] Does anybody know if the 9.2 is still too "crude" to count on the easy > urpmi repositories of source sites? Are those still unstable for this new > release? > > [Overall-Qs] Does this whole 9.2 look really embarrassingly unprofessionally > released to any of you? I have tried Suse/Novell 9.0, while awaiting for my > 9.2 MDK package, and I was quite impressed with it ... and the only reason of > not switching over being their lack of an urpmi-like tool (apt was not enough > for what I was trying to do). Are we seeing here a Merecedes vs. Renault > difference developing (I used to use both types of cars heavily, while in > Europe, and I have this strange feeling about distributions now, the same > way) ;)? > > I sure hope nobody blames the above on my lack of trying to resolve issues by > researching myself. It is more of a - perhaps unwarranted - little bit higher > than "figure it out yourself" expectation, from a commercial product. > > I apologize for your time spent reading this, > Stef > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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