On Wed, 2003-10-22 at 20:03, Galileo wrote:
Another proof that Mandrake releases unfinished products. http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKA-2003:020 More that 250 MB of updates excluding SRPMS. How the hell did this happen ? It looks like x.2 doesn't mean a thing anymore. 7.2 and 8.2 were perfect. Why isn't so with 9.2 ?
You, my fine feathered friend, are full of foo.
He's making a very valid point. If MS did it, the press would (rightly) give stick.
7.2 and 8.2 were decent, but not perfect. 9.2 even needing the updates is a heck of a lot better than either 7.2 or 8.2. I know - I've used every Mandrake since 5/6 and run cooker since 7.1.
Quite true. The components (the community) and the package integration (Mandrake developers) are getting more and more attractive.
They could always be like SuSE or RedHat and consider non-security bugfixes and updates to be next point release. Mandrake is bending over backwards. Schedules have to be kept, but they didn't quit working when it was cut - they kept at it to make a good product even better.
Getting the balance right between QA and the release schedule is the name of the game. Stray too far either way and you're history.
Why on earth are you complaining, then?
If I had just installed a site-full of Mandrake 9.2 workstations, I would be less than impressed to have this size of update to do so soon after.
