RE: [cobalt-users] Another Un-announced update

[baltimoremd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Jay Fesco wrote:
> >
> > RaQ4-All-System-1.0.1-10659.pkg
> > Posted: August 27,2001
> >
> >
> 
> Thom,
> 
> I got the message below in my inbox this morning (at 1:33 am) - perhaps you
> dropped off the notification list?

The interesting thing is that the pkg was posted to the site on the
27th...I just happened to see it.  I got the same announcent you did on
the 28th.

I guess my big puzzle is why is Sun now announcing  things a day after the
release?

Of course the second problem is that many folks performed their own work
around to the problem prior to the release...and now a lot of us are
wondering whether or not to install the pkg.

Might be a tad helpful if the Sun folk either answered the questions posed
about the situation named above...or heavens forbid had a description of
what's in the pkg to allow  those of us who performed a "pre-authorized
Cobal Release" problem solving to either undo what was done, or ignore the
pkg.

Seems to me that if Sun had issued the pkg in a timely manner, a lot of
this could have been avoided.

This one isn't as brain-dead as the Chili-Soft/Apache 'issue', but it sure
gets added to list of

Do I fix the problem now, cause Sun isn't,
Or do I wait for Sun to fix it,
   and hope the fix ain't broke
   and wait for the early adopters to be the guinnea pigs

Sorry for the rant

Thom