----- Forwarded message from Mark Gordon <mtgordon at ximian.com> ----- > Subject: Re: [HC Support] Redcarpet broken? > From: Mark Gordon <mtgordon at ximian.com> > To: tanner at real-time.com > Cc: support at ximian.com > X-Mailer: Evolution/0.10 (Preview Release) > Date: 24 Apr 2001 00:19:30 -0400 > > The following email went out to the Red Carpet list on Saturday: > > Hey guys, > > We'd like to thank everyone who helped beta test Red Carpet. Writing > and debugging an application is never easy, especially one as > ambitious and complex as Red Carpet has turned out to be. Without > your assistance, Red Carpet would never be as far along as it is now. > > Many of you have probably noticed some problems with Red Carpet > lately. Recently Red Carpet was asking to remove itself if you > upgraded to the latest Evolution Snapshots, which is certainly > sub-optimal behaviour. > > It was our intention to release another beta version in the last few > days, but unfortunately, we've run out of time. To reassure you, all > future releases of Red Carpet will be statically linked, which means > they won't depend on other software on your machine. The advantage of > this is that Red Carpet won't depend or conflict with any other > software packages, and installing it will always be as simple as > installing a single rpm or deb file. > > Unfortunately, all of us at Ximian got caught up in working on the > next version of the Ximian GNOME Desktop, and were unable to make > another beta release. The good news is that Red Carpet will be a core > element of our next release of the Ximian Desktop, so you won't have > to wait long. > > Last night we took the Red Carpet server down for some upgrades, > modifications, and maintenance. You're going to have to live without > Red Carpet for a few days, but when it comes back up, it will be as a > supported, standard Ximian service. > > So, sit tight. There are some very cool things around the corner, and > you all helped make it happen. You won't be disappointed. > > Thanks, > The Red Carpet Team > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Bob Tanner <tanner at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.mn-linux.org | Fax : (952)943-8500 Key fingerprint = 6C E9 51 4F D5 3E 4C 66 62 A9 10 E5 35 85 39 D9