On Saturday 28 October 2000 11:37 am, Rick wrote:
> There had been an earlier thread (on NEWBIES, EXPERT or FORUM
> can't remember which) where the chat centered around whether or
> not to release ML7.2 with some KDE2.0 pre-release version or to
> wait.
> Later there was a comment that the decision had been made to go
> with whatever KDE2.0 was available and update as soon ad KDE2.0
> and have a "release follow-on" or updated release (can't recall
> the exact words).
>
> Finally we have word of people seeing/buying it in stores a day
> before the message was posted that the real final release (with
> final KDE2.0) would hit the mirrors today, the cheap CD's a couple
> of days after that and the boxed distro's a couple of weeks later.
Well, 'cept for going to Talladega to watch (my man) Earnhardt win
again (10/10 thru 10/18), I monitor forum, newbie, expert and cooker.
While I agree that the tentative decision was to release 7.2 sooner
with KDE-1.99/XF-4.00. The result was to hold the release, and get
KDE-2.0 final/XF-4.01 into it. At least on my hardware, the
differences in 1.99 and 2.0/ XF4.0-4.01 were _very_ _very_ slight.
>
> I believe that some of these posts were from
> "nobody@mandrakesoft". I am new to this process and these
> reflectors, but that name sounds like and anonymous posting name
> for Mandrake to get info out without tying it to a particular
> individual at Mandrake (do I have the idea right?).
> Confusing - maybe not to some, but certainly to me. ;-)
Think of it this way: Mandrake is not a rachet up, version to
version, but a continuing (daily) effort. That's the main reason I
like it over other distros. I surmise, from some of the traffic I
saw, and you allude to, that the delay in 7.2 caused Mandrake some
difficulty and expenses. I would'a been happy either way, but i'm
sure many Mandrake users wouldn't have been pleased with a 7.2
followed shortly with a 7.22
--
Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
