Re: Dapper Drake verdict: It sucks

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>]

Another factor needing consideration is the quality of the manuals and 
associated documentation themselves.  If an adverse review has no problem 
proving documentation short-comings that ranks higher over here.  That 
having been said, systems like dapper drake based on intended audience do 
not aim at say the same crowd that uses only debian console mode and likes 
it.  The big reasons for X-windows on any computer system are in order of 
importance 1) to limit total control of a system to a subset of 
applications for security reasons in large organizations and 2) to enable 
people who couldn't handle something say like console-based linux well to 
still use that computer; the operating system for the rest of us approach.



On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Juergen Erhard wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 at 03:27:38AM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 June 2006 03:04, Brent Clark wrote:
> > > Sorry, couldnt resist
> > >
> > > http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1026
> >
> > After reading this sentence in the above article
> >
> > "Once again I should have probably read the manual, but I figured I've done
> > this before."
> >
> > I think there is no need to give any importance to his review. IMHO, If
> > someone does not take time to read a manual then it is not even worth
> > considering his opinions/rant on a new release.
>
> I disagree.  It all depends on the target audience.  If you target those of
> little technical inclination, then an upgrade path that requires reading
> upgrade notes for *important* things, is not really a good idea.
>
> And generally, here's hoping DD's don't treat bug reports the same way
> (sadly, some do).
>
> Bye, J
>
>
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