On Sunday 22 Dec 2002 12:35 am, Joseph Braddock wrote: > Jerry, > > Maybe you would be willing to contribute some of your time to improve > Mandrake's stability. There were numerous beta and release candidates for > Mandrake 9.0. If you are having stability issues, the time to have them > fixed is prior to the release being official. When Mandrake 9.1 is in beta > and release candidate status, maybe you can download a copy (or buy one > from cheapbytes) and submit the problems you've been experiencing to the > development team. > > This is by no means an effort to slam you, it's simply that if we want the > distro to work flawlessly and support all kinds of hardware combinations, > then the more who join the testing effort the better.
This would certainly help cover more possible combinations of hardware. At the same time, I agree with John that for those with slow connections, early download is not feasible. If these beta versions are available from cheapbytes it may help, but of course it will never be the latest, since they change so frequently to reflect new fixes. I have a faster connection, so this is not my problem, but as John pointed out I would feel a fish out of water in the cooker community. I just don't have that much expertise. At the same time, the problems we find are just as relevant, so an easy way of reporting them would help. I would like to help this way, and I'm sure many others would too, but can't see how it is possible for me to do that. Anne
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