On Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 1:59 AM, Phat Bob wrote:
> > > On 7 Jan 2012, at 22:04, smajor <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > On Saturday, January 7, 2012 2:27:26 PM UTC-5, phat bob wrote: > > > > > > Please define "tons". 1.3.2 added two new displays which broke Growl > > > when run on case-sensitive filesystems. > > > > Read the changelog to start: > > http://growl.info/documentation/version_history.php A little bit more than > > two broken styles, although maybe "pounds" instead of "tons." > > > > Visit the googlecode site and check out the "Issues" area for another. You > > can see if your issue might be addressed in an upcoming update. Shouldn't > > be too much trouble for a dev to find their way around. > > > > Its admirable that you want to support the devs but I spent a number of > > unpaid weekends trying to get 1.3.1 working before eventually rolling it > > off 50 machines and putting 1.2.2 back - during which time putting up with > > the abuse and heckling from my users. > > > > I guess that'll teach me to use "free" software then? Oh, hang on, 1.3.x > > is the paid for version isn't it? :) > > > > As someone who is co-support for 1,400+ computers at a University, your > > long weekends are, respectfully, your own fault. We'd NEVER roll out > > software to 50, 100 or 500 machines without testing! > > I should have pointed out that the 50 users were the PoC team - we have 500 > users running Growl. They still moan and grumble like real users though. > > My main frustration is that Growl simply broke comparability with almost all > applications and the view from the developers is "meh, fix it yourself". We > have a bunch of in-house applications, all of which would have required > updating simply to support 1.3.x - something we don't have a business case > for. > > We're now back on 1.2.2 and actively looking for an alternative to Growl. > This isn't a threat or flame, by the way; just the way it is... > Do these applications not use the framework? > > Be it Adobe CS, Office, or something comparatively trivial as an FTP client > > or, yes, even Growl. Even though it's been out a little while now, and it's > > been rolled into my 10.7 master image, it's STILL in limited deployment > > undergoing some testing. I'm comfortable enough with what I've seen that > > it will make it into my summer faculty replacement cycle which will > > encompass many more computers. > > We're private sector so have to justify any expenditure and upgrading 12 apps > simply because some middleware has broken things doesn't stack up. > > > > > As an aside, you might want to look at Remote Desktop and the task server > > feature. While you might have lost a weekend; maybe only 1/2 of one, you > > could have automated the shuffling around of Growl. Task it to run the > > switch as each user's computer becomes visible, assuming you're not in a > > position to have them all running and on the net at the same time. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Growl Discuss" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/growldiscuss/-/0YH7iXOB8rgJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > (mailto:[email protected]). > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Growl Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Growl Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/growldiscuss?hl=en.
