On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 14:54, Dave Sherman wrote: > > > Can all of the messages regarding 9.0, cooker, the release > > > candidate, or any of the betas please be posted to the cooker > > > mailing list? > > > > > > This really is not an appropriate forum for those messages and, > > > chances are, the developers may not even see them. > > > > > > The expert list is for Mandrake support on currently released > > > products, not "in-progress" products. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > I have to disagree since many like to run these versions and may need > > pointers here or there, but can not congest the cooker list which as > > I understand it is primarily for the developers and the testers who > > can provide real assistance to said developers. I can imagine if > > this was to happen as you wish, the cooker list might become off > > limits to the general public. > > My guess would be that Vince is referring to the various "bug reports" > we've been seeing come in. Bug reports should, of course, be reported on > the cooker list so the developers can see and respond to them -- > hopefully by fixing them :-) > > Support requests, unofficial workarounds, et cetera, should come here.
Exactly... if it's a matter of running cooker or a beta and saying "hey, how do I do this?" then yes, it is suitable for this list. Buy to write and say "app XX is broken" is not productive because chances are, that developer does not read this list and will never know about this bug, unless someone else reports it to cooker or bugzilla. -- MandrakeSoft Security; http://www.mandrakesecure.net/ "lynx -source http://linsec.ca/vdanen.asc | gpg --import" {FE6F2AFD : 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD}
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