Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5100 mails)

[Michael Satterwhite <michael@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sunday 27 June 2004 01:39, Per Jessen wrote:
> Michael Satterwhite wrote:
> > Whoever in SuSE / Novell that had the bright idea of making this change
> > without warning us at the beginning of the installation process should be
> > nailed to a wall with a hawthorn stake through his heart. Or at least
> > made to work in Windows for the next 12 months as penance.
>
> This is exactly the kind of lack of quality I was worried about when I
> asked for a show of hands regarding 9.1 a while back.  Sure it can be
> fixed, even with minimal effort.  But what it means is - SuSE never tested
> this.  And that is worrying, 'coz which other bits weren't tested?

I'm not sure they didn't test it - they may even have thought about the 
implications. My problem with it is that there wasn't something prominent 
that warned us that they were doing it. While I'll joke about punishing the 
perpetrators, what I really wish is that they'd learn that documentation of 
changes is a good thing.

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