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11-29-2011, 12:54 PM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
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Originally Posted by rdsherman
If or when PV "moves on", who will take the helm of Slackware?
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I'm sure that there are people willing. Many already help with development and testing. |
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11-29-2011, 12:56 PM
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Registered: Oct 2005
Location: $RANDOM
Distribution: slackware64
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Originally Posted by eXpander_
Slackware is my girlfriend, my true soulmate.
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Indeed, who needs a gf when you have Slackware. It's all that I need ... plus a good computer to run it on. |
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11-29-2011, 02:57 PM
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Registered: Apr 2010
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Originally Posted by rdsherman
It has been 8 about months since the release of 13.37 AND the Slackware Changelog would normally, by now, be a bevy of activity as new packages are upgraded & rebuilt. But, there is very little going on there.
Does anyone have any info or comments?
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I can only speculate, but we know the upcoming changes in KDE (and maybe even in XFCE) will cause some upheavel in the rest of the system. So they are probably testing like crazy behind the scenes but not satisfied enough to push it out.  |
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11-29-2011, 04:43 PM
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Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Oldham, Lancs, England
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Repeat this 1000 times:
It will be released when it's ready.
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11-29-2011, 04:45 PM
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Location: Sweden
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Originally Posted by brianL
Repeat this 1000 times:
It will be released when it's ready.
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Ok, here is the second time:
It will be released when it's ready.
Next!
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11-29-2011, 04:56 PM
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Actually (but don't spread it around), from the beginning of April next year, there will be a new release every month. This is to get one up on Ubuntu & Fedora. And the releases will be given alliterative animal names, but with 3 parts. The first one will be Awfully Ambiguous Aardvaark. The stable(?) release will be renamed -current, and the -current renamed -OMGifthisworksitwillbeamiracle!
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11-29-2011, 04:57 PM
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Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,623
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Sorry guys, it's urgent. Does anyone know when the next Slackware release is going to be out?
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11-29-2011, 05:00 PM
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Are we there yet?
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11-29-2011, 05:07 PM
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I feel a strong smell of Linux-PAM, from Patrick's kitchen ...
Unfortunately, Linux-PAM boil hard, so we have to wait. |
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11-29-2011, 05:08 PM
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PAM? Is that su's sister?
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11-29-2011, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by brianL
PAM? Is that su's sister?
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Nah. Is that SHADOW's ugly brother. |
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11-29-2011, 05:28 PM
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Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,623
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Actually, it's Kate's sister-in-law who is into LaTeX
Last edited by sycamorex; 11-29-2011 at 05:31 PM.
Reason: s/brother/sister
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11-29-2011, 05:30 PM
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I have read somewhere that Patrick dislikes PAM. However, I guess developers can change their minds with the time.
Is there any reason to think that PAM is being cooked, or it is just speculation?
By the way, I don't feel I need another Slackware by the moment. For me, Patrick can take three years to release the following version, if he wants. I prefer a slow but reliable release cycle than a rushed but unstable product. The main reason I use Slackware right now is that I got fed up with distributions of the second category.
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11-29-2011, 05:33 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sycamorex
Actually, it's Kate's sister-in-law who is into LaTeX
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Mmm, my kind of woman! Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! |
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11-29-2011, 07:49 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Prince Rupert, B.C., Canada
Distribution: Slackware
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Quote:
Originally Posted by brianL
It will be released when it's ready.
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Praise Bob! |
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