On Thu November 1 2007 06:56, Richard Creighton wrote: > Stephan Kulow wrote: > > Am Mittwoch 31 Oktober 2007 schrieb Boyd Lynn Gerber: > >> I do not know anyone that is able to use the repair system. I am > >> talking about aprox... 200 users. This to me is a major pita. I > >> really think that we should get a delta. I really need to create > >> new iso's. I am getting pestered because of the repair system. > > > > Hi Boyd, > > > > Hmm, maybe I don't know what your background is. But why do these > > 200 users you know want to use the repair system? > > > > We might consider doing a delta later on, but for now it's more > > important to give people a tool in the hand, so you can continue > > with the DVD you have. Because people who bought a openSUSE box > > don't have much use of a delta. > > > >>> I know publishing an new set of *.iso files with some of the > >>> fixes would inconvenience a few people at openSuSE.org and do > >>> nothing for SuSE's reputation. The facts are that important > >>> parts of 10.3 were released broken and the fixes can't be > >>> distributed by 'updates' unless those updates are included in the > >>> boxes people are now receiving in the mailbox...and it doesn't > >>> appear that they are. > >> > >> This is the general opion I am seeing. I could not > >> upgrade/install 6 systems with the download DVD. They > >> install/upgrade fine with the 10.2, but 10.3 is really boarked. I > >> do have 2 out of 10 system running 10.3. > > > > And you created bug reports about all of them during the beta > > phase? > > > > Greetings, Stephan > > Stephan, You *know* I did....and many are still open. And the one > closed regarding the repair issue on the ISO on the release was > closed with a rather expedient 'we'll release a patch' rather than > 'oops, let's replace the iso before too many people have downloaded > it and it spreads'. I thought the delays in delivering the boxed > sets might be because the paying customers at least, might be getting > the benefit of a corrected set of install DVDs, but from what I can > tell, that didn't happen either. Shame!
Will the new Live DVD of 10.3 contain the patched repair system? That would solve the problem I guess, since the rest of the packages will be compatible with 10.3-GM and for a repair there si nothing better than a live DVD. -- Carlos FL Who is General Failure, and why is he reading my disk? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
