[indiana-discuss] [i18n-discuss] OpenSolaris 2008.11 build_98 test results

[Calum Benson]

On 21 Oct 2008, at 10:06, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:

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> 2.  We really don't expect the default fonts to do those screwy  
> things, even if it only involves m, @, and perhaps a few other  
> letters/symbols, do we?

Not normally, but this is of course a development release, and there  
are/were definitely issues in b99 with the default terminal font.  At  
least, there were for me, in my locale.

> I must admit that I was shocked.  I am actually beginning to lose  
> confidence in OpenSolaris.  I don't believe anything so subpar, so  
> stupid, could be allowed to come out.

Everything since the 2008.05 release has been a development build, and  
regressions happen-- especially since we've integrated a whole new  
version of GNOME since then.  We'd rather push out development builds  
and let people report bugs, than only push out perfect builds.

The time to judge the quality of OpenSolaris is when the next stable  
build is released.  Until then, we should all consider ourselves to be  
beta testers.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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