Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

tytower · Posted: Wed 16 May 2007, 19:32 Post subject:

Err If it don't work, dont release it ,you are only harming yourself. Whats the rush anyway?

2.15CE has now not worked for me in two vital areas , audio sound board not recognised and now a problem with the universal installer.

I see a hack is required for another vital area ,the modem.

Crikey !

GuestToo · Puppy Master Joined: 04 May 2005 Posts: 4078

i find that often about 80% of the time required to make a package is in debugging and polishing, to make sure it works properly in every case

if i were putting together a distro, it would be ready when it was ready ... i wouldn't feel pressured to meet an arbitrary deadline, unless there actually was a real deadline that actually had to be met

pakt · Joined: 04 Jun 2005 Posts: 1089 Location: Sweden

I agree that skipping over this Universal Installer issue just to rush 2.16 out the door is not the way to go.

alienjeff · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 2290 Location: Winsted, CT - USA

Calm down! So what if the Universal Installer doesn't work as "advertised." Get a grip, for goodness sake. At least it isn't something important ...

Look on the bright side: the eight calculators and seventeen text editors all work fine!

</sarcasm>

Gn2 · Posted: Thu 17 May 2007, 07:21 Post subject:

Think of it as a "positive":
If it can't be installed - it positively eliminates frets over not shutting down - clean or otherwise !

Calculated Twisted Evil

in eight weighs or naught_

Leon · Joined: 22 Jun 2005 Posts: 217 Location: Slovenia

I take it as a spirit of puppy that inspired this distribution.
I take it as it is, with its good things and its problems.

BarryK · Posted: Thu 17 May 2007, 19:34 Post subject:

Tch, tch, guys, the Universal Installer shipped in 2.16final does work. Dougal and I were discussing fine points that will improve it.

Regarding "shipping when it's ready", well, although some projects claim that's what they do, what they really mean is "ship it when the bugs have reduced to a passable level". All major projects ship with known bugs!

I didn't ship 2.16 to meet a deadline. I decided it is ready, and decided that outstanding issues were small enough to leave for now. I have a small list of known bugs also, that I consider small enough or unlikely to be encountered in most cases.