Re: PowerPC CDs on hold, awaiting new floppies

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 10:59:59AM -0700, C.M. Connelly wrote:
> "PH" == Philip Hands <phil@hands.com>
> "AT" == Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
> 
>    PH> I've been told that the current powerpc floppies are
>    PH> broken, so am not bothering with TC3 images until someone
>    PH> tells me that they're fixed.  So, powerpc folks, when
>    PH> you've fixed them, tell me.
> 
>    AT> These should be fixed and installed already. Not sure
>    AT> whether they've been mirrored yet.
> 
> Out of curiosity, what was fixed?  I just did an install with the
> disks from July 20 (I think), and the system is up and running
> fine.  I *do* have three pages of notes about glitches that I've
> been trying to find the time to write up -- if some or all of
> those problems have been taken care of, I would be more than happy
> to skip over them.
> 
> Also, if there were any really important problems, I would be
> willing to reinstall the system.

The only thing fixed was an error on the oldworld boot floppy affecting
some unknown small number of Macs.  None of the larger glitches will be
fixed for potato - sorry, it's too late in the cycle.

Dan

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