On Sunday 22 September 2002 11:44 am, SI Reasoning wrote: > Buchan Milne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote*: > >On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, SI Reasoning wrote: > >> I have heard this argument before but don't buy it. I am not talking > >> about waiting years here... Just taking the time to release the product > >> when it is ready instead of forcing a deadline. Mandrake 8.2 was > >> released despite a known serious issue with smb with the kernel. > > > >That bug was also picked up in final beta or the RC, which of course meant > >too little time to reliably fix. Plus, initial bug reports were very bad, > >and the bug difficult to reproduce. > > Then why not revert to the package before the bug? It is a pretty serious > bug to ship with if it creates issues inter-connecting with other windows > computers. However it may be handled, it was a mistake to ship a final > version with a major bug like that, regardless if you are microsoft or > mandrake.
Somehow, I have never encountered that bug, even though it was supposed to (according to you) cause my PC to crash and burn. Samba works fine in 8.2, and I don't have a problem with it. I haven't upgraded my kernel, either. -- -- Igor
