Rajko M. wrote:
On Saturday 10 May 2008 01:53:13 am Basil Chupin wrote:
jdd sur free wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
Now in 11.0 (B1 and B2) it is no longer recognised and there is no longer a driver for it. Why?
Who to blame for this? may be it's for such things the 11 is "beta"
report to bugzilla
jdd Beta 2 (of v11.0) is NOT a beta of a totally new distribution but a continuation of an existing, tested, and proven line of a major and respected Linux distribution.
Something which was working perfectly well should not be fouled up, and requiring to have bugzilla reports made about it.
Latest version of an application/operating system/program are an IMPROVEMENT on what is already in place - and not a REGRESSION of what is already available and known to work.
I guess that one should be reminded that difference between openSUSE <version> could be or it is the same as between win9x - XP - Vista. The driver or program compatibility is not guaranteed.
That's not valid here. Ever look at the "printer drivers"? They're just shell scripts. They're 100% portable without any modification. If one of them stops working, the highest probability is that one of your OTHER programs (called within the script) was improperly ported.
So, if something doesn't work with new kernel, cups, or whatever other base system, one has to report regression. Upstream changes in cups can brake some programs, with or without anyones fault, and when reported then there is chance to be repaired.
But the code is of such high level that those things shouldn't be a factor. They're SCRIPTS. The root of Basil's problem is that a known good printer "driver" file has been OMITTED.
'You' cannot hide forever behind the "but it is just a Beta version". It is an excuse not used anywhere that I am aware of - but please do educate me - except here when someone points out a flaw in openSUSE. (All getting to be quite pathetic really.)
Than you are not aware of much.
Note that there is no place called 'openSUSE labs' with a lot of hardware and employees to test that hardware with new software. If you don't report problem than who will.
I report things that are problematic on my computer and I bug developers as long as necessary, explaining what is problem, testing patches, reopening bug reports if I'm not happy with reasons why they are closed. They are just ordinary folk as you or me, they do their job the best way they can. They have good and bad days, in both mood and amount of work that has to be done.
So far I know they have not much time to look on mail lists for bugs, there is enough in http://bugzilla.novell.com and rant here will not help much to see problem solved.
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