Re: Notes on OSX 10.5.5
Re: Notes on OSX 10.5.5
- Subject: Re: Notes on OSX 10.5.5
- From: "Adam D. I. Kramer" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:40:22 -0700 (PDT)
Yeah, I put the "(trivially)" in there because I have no idea of how trivial
it is, and to make it clear that I was only unhappy about stuff that is
actually trivial.
So I guess the issue is more "waiting to push fixes" than "waiting to work
on fixes." And of course, I'm on the outside here, but it's hard to see why
there is so much lag between the Apple-branded X11 and the xquartz X11 given
the vast difference in functionality. To an outsider, it looks like the fix
exists but is not being pushed.
Of course, there's also the question of whether the corporate process is
"trivial," and of tht I have no knowledge.
--Adam
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
Unfortunately, saying something is trivial doesn't make it so.
On Sep 17, 2008, at 11:36, Adam D. I. Kramer wrote:
On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Paul Schinder wrote:
Sorry. All I can really say is that this has been an educating
experience for all of us and will allow us to avoid these mistakes the
next time around (meaning 10.6). If you can offer a suggestion as to
how we can actually address this before then, I would most welcome it.
I still don't get it. Why wait for 10.6? The next minor OS or xcode
update would be the right moment. The users don't ask Apple to invent
some grand new scheme or to solve big philosophical problems, only to
release software where one part is not incompatible with another one, and
fix bugs that are trivial to fix.
I've got to second that, especially if the rumors that 10.6 won't run on
PPC is true. I, at least, still do most of my work on a G5 and a
Powerbook G4, and if something in 10.5 is screwed up, I'd like it fixed
rather than pushed to an OS I can't use.
Agreed; I also do most of my work on a PowerMac G5 and PowerBook G4, and
while it's always frustrating to have a machine you paid a lot of money for
fairly recently lose software support, it's much more frustrating to see
support and fixes actively withheld. Waiting until 10.6 for anything that
could (trivially) come out in 10.5.6 is, to me, extra frustrating.
--Adam
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