Cristian Rodríguez wrote:
David C. Rankin escribió:
But why should anyone "expect" to have problems with an openSuSE release regardless of whether it is .0, .1, .2, or .3?
what are you talking about ? software is made by humans, it HAS bugs, and that is expected !!!
We all know all software has bugs. That is not at issue. What is at issue is whether the upcoming release will be "usable" and "stable" and "follow in the SuSE tradition of good solid polished releases" or, as it appears, will be released with "significant known problems" and an "alpha" desktop as default.
Also, why does it appear that Novell is trying to "lower expectations" about the release?
Why isn't Novell proud of the upcoming release telling everyone, "The openSuSE 11.0 release will be the best openSuSE ever"?
Why you think novell is doing that.. do you have any real proof of your statements ?
Because I have yet to see a developer post anything showing they are proud of the current state of 11.0, or give any type of assurance that it will be a solid, polished release. Further, the first response above seems like someone is putting out the company line with political talking points like "all software has bugs" ... Duh? Why no response like, "All of the significant bugs Novell is aware of are fixed, and the RCs are running great on our test machines" "Your concern about 11.0 being a release with significant problems is way over blown Rankin." and "Shut up Rankin, you don't know what you are talking about."?
If the 11.0 release date arrives and 11.0 still isn't ready, history tells us it would be far better to slip the release 60-90 days and get it ready,
That costs a lot of money and resources.. Im afraid what you are suggesting is not possible .. and will probably not make much sense either, in 60 or 90 days we will be working on different,already scheduled stuff, included openSUSE 11.1 and the next SLE version.
Everytime and disto has put $profit$ before "quality" the results have been disastrous. As I hopefully conveyed, these are not bitches, these concerns for the wellbeing of a distribution I have supported, filed bug reports to make better, encouraged people to try, help user learn with help on the list, etc.. and I don't want to see it shoot itself in the foot just because its newfound corporate ownership set aggressive goals for the 11.0 release that probably weren't realistic and apparently has chosen the path of dump the release on the user base, ready or not. Your a great guy, highly respected. If you are ready to say "11.0 is ready, stable and will be the best release ever", by all means, let us know. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org