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to add tz info
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Posted: April 16 2005,20:43

<grumble . . . >
4-13: DSL 1.0
4-15: DSL 1.0.1
-- 2 releases in 3 days? What's up with that?
1) wasteful of bandwidth, cd blanks, and time.
2) confusing and off-putting to potential and established users.
3) disappointing, since one expects a new release to have something "new".
4) BTW, my download of DSL 1.0.1 proudly displays "DSL 1.0" (not DSL 1.0.1) on the automatic Dillo welcome screen. Huh?

Now I remember why I like Debian Stable. Just because you can release doesn't mean you should.

PS -- please fix the timezone problem. I would have thought a project run by a radio amateur would show more respect for time. Need more room to add tz info?? Lose the games.

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Posted: April 16 2005,21:49

>>2) confusing and off-putting to potential and established users.
havent head a established user complain yet

>>1) wasteful of bandwidth, cd blanks, and time.
all great work In Progress 'es require lots of raw materials

>>3) disappointing, since one expects a new release to have something "new".
M$ has never released something 'new', yet everyone jumps on the 'new' bandwagon
and the release fixes somebugs that managed to creep in, kudos to them for releaseing to so fast!

>>4) BTW, my download of DSL 1.0.1 proudly displays "DSL 1.0" (not DSL 1.0.1) on the automatic Dillo welcome screen. Huh?
Why complain about somthing like that?

Seth_Has_Errors

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Posted: April 17 2005,00:24

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PS -- please fix the timezone problem.

What timezone problem

Try the search button for maybe timezone

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Posted: April 17 2005,01:44

Consider the numbering system used in software releases:
1.0.1: 1=major release, 0=minor release, 1=very minor fix
This means that it is basically version 1
If you are looking for something "new" added after 1.0, it would be at least 1.1. The third decimal place signifies a minor fix or patch, in this case only a couple of things were changed...things that mean nothing to most users, but are important enough for some users to make it worth an update. If you're not concerned with the 3 changes listed at http://damnsmalllinux.org/notes.html then there's no reason to download it. If you're so bugged by this, why not ask what's new before downloading?

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Posted: April 17 2005,04:42

Don't fix a problem quickly:

People bitch and moan.

Fix a problem quickly:

People bitch and moan.

Nobody is forcing you to push the "download" button. Don't want the bugfixes? Then don't download the new release.

FYI, Debian is a full blown linux distribution just like Windows XP is for win32 operating systems. Both have a mechanism in place for incremental updates to fix bugs and deploy other improvements.

DSL is primarily a livecd based distribution. For practical reasons, it is not a realistic option to do incremental updates without a new product release.

Just like it is not realistic to incrementally update my most recent U2 album to their latest release.

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