Re: Fresh Install RH73 / Ximian Gnome Desktop / Gnome 2 Snapshots

Which all begs the question, why isn't there a Ximian gnome2 release, or
at least installable versions of the official gnome2 release?

On Sun, 2002-07-28 at 21:22, Rodd Clarkson wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 22:28, J. Gardner Biggs wrote:
> > > If you want something that works, then use the Gnome2 official release. 
> > > Remember, you're playing around with software that actively being
> > > developed and isn't ready for release, so don't expect it to always
> > > work.
> > > 
> > 1.  Which Red Carpet channel do I subscribe to, in order to install the
> > "official" gnome2 release?
> 
> Ximian doesn't have an official release at this stage.  Use the one on
> the gnome.org site.
> 
> Jacob and Luis, this might indicate a problem worth addressing on
> RedCarpet (which I don't use).  It seems that it makes access to
> development binaries too easy without stressing the fact that the
> binaries being downloaded are experiemental and will occasionally hose
> your system.  Don't know how easy it is to do this.
> 
> Don't get me wrong, I think it's great that people can test development
> versions and report bugs, but I think there is quite a few people using
> the snapshots thinking that they are safe to use and moving towards an
> 'official' release from Ximian.
> 
> > 2.  I was under the impression that after the "official" release that
> > all the efforts were to eliminate bugs from the official release.
> 
> You're right!  However this isn't the official release ;-]
> 
> 
> Rodd
> 
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>  have to use the command line to hose your system anymore."
> 
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