Alen Salamun wrote:
> Mike Corbeil wrote:
> > Hello. My name's Mike, aka Frank, as you may discover.
> Hi Mike! :)
>
> You written us a really good "whole look" on the distribution. And yes,
> the only thing I was upset was,
> that even when "bugs" are reported some people have xxx excuses not to
> even investigate them...
That may only be because Mandrake is not a HUGE company and therefore doesn't
have enough staff to get to everything immediately. This is my hunch and
because this is the pov I take, I would simply look for the desired utility
and download it. Because Mandrake is highly compatible with Red Hat, if
Mandrake doesn't have the utility for download, then I'ld check Red Hat's
download directories and give that a try.
People need to realize that Linux distributors aren't huge like MS and even
that company markets buggy OSs; therefore, a little good will or patience on
the part of everyone wouldn't be misplaced or out of place, imo.
> > When you get the utility and it doesn't work, because of some error
> > within the code of the utility, then that's a bug. There's definitely a
> > distinct difference between what constitutes a bug, and merely a missing
> > utility.
> And a "BUG" in a distribution...
Well, if you want to conceptualize bug to that level, then I guess it is a
free country. I understand what you mean.
> There is no such thing as "MISSING
> UTILITY REPORT FORM" for mandrake OR? :)
> There is only "BUG REPORT FORM" :))
Good point and this is something Mandrake should add.
> I understand all of the following, I am using LiNUX for more than 5
> years now, and I have contributen many many things to the community. I
> even offered my help to Mandrake and am translating the distribution
> into Slovenian language. But there is this thing, that tells me, that if
> someone will say: "Hey this is not translated right", I will work on the
> problem, or atleast say "Thank you" I have it it my TODO list...
I kind of hunch that Mandrake would place your point about a missing utility
on a todo list, too. Based on the list of outstanding bugs, or reported
bugs, Mandrake does have todo lists.
mike
