Lørdag den 9. oktober 2004 06:35 skrev David Rankin:
I always look at the list volumes around release time. It usually is very high with X.0, less with X.1, etc. So I generally agree. I think this time the 9.1 seemed more problemetic than 9.0, probably due to the Novel buyout.
Jim,
I see your point, but I tend to disagree. 9.1 had some problems. Admittidly, due to the 2.6 kernel issues, but I think it undersocred the race to release 9.1. I've haunted these lists (Suse, Mandrake) since the mdk 7.0 (air) release and one thing that has always rung true is that the business model change for distros either contemplating or after completing "corporatization" have had difficulty with quality control. (i.e. making sure it all works before it goes out the door). I've always been a proponent of the 'odd.2' release (still running mdk 7.2 production) (thoroughly impressed with Suse 9.0 pro) so Suse 9.2 should be telling. Cross your fingers and will all be the beneficiaries.
I hope that you're right. But this time I'll add Gentoo X86-64 on the next PC I'll be buying at the end of the month / start of the next. This reminds me have any of you seen announcements from AMD to cut/reduce prices lately ;-)
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To: Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 1:54 AM Subject: Re: [SLE] new v9.2 is out John Andersen wrote:
On Thursday 07 October 2004 02:09 am, Fergus Wilde wrote:
Just skip a release or two - you're not going to lose out on anything
big
unless there's something highly specific you need to get running that's only covered in a later version. As ever, though, I'll be splashing out the moolah on 9.2 as soon as I get the chance to order it ...
Actually, the .2 releases have proven to be the best. Skip .0 and.1 if you will, but always snap up .2.
I always look at the list volumes around release time. It usually is very high with X.0, less with X.1, etc. So I generally agree. I think this time the 9.1 seemed more problemetic than 9.0, probably due to the Novel buyout.
This is usually not the case though, and have been burned, and had more hours burned with X.0 releases of big software like Oracle and various UNIX operating systems.
Jim
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