Panther Update Cycle?
Now that Panther has been unleashed and a minor update supposedly fixing File Vault and Firewire 800 drives has been issued, what do you believe to be likely in the first major update to Panther? What added functionality do you see in Panther through the point updates?
From other threads I'm under the impression that plenty of bug fixes have been accomplished and more are being worked. Does anyone recall the timeframe of the Jaguar update cycle? Do you believe Panther will follow the Jaguar update cycle timeline?
This forum is all about speculation so how about we all take a stab at it and see what everyone comes up with.
From other threads I'm under the impression that plenty of bug fixes have been accomplished and more are being worked. Does anyone recall the timeframe of the Jaguar update cycle? Do you believe Panther will follow the Jaguar update cycle timeline?
This forum is all about speculation so how about we all take a stab at it and see what everyone comes up with.
Comments
There was no specific set timeline for Jaguar's updates. They just came when they were ready. Here's a run-down of 10.2's updates:
10.2.1:
Disc Burning Enhancements
* Allows CDs burned on a Mac to be read on Microsoft Windows.
* Addresses a potential failure when burning a disc using iTunes 3 and a high burn speed.
* Addresses an issue in which Disk Utility inaccurately reported "problems" when scanning a disc that was burned with iTunes or in the Finder.
* Adds support for various third-party disc burners, including: TDK VeloCD 241032FP and 241040F, MCE Technologies Lucid-24 24x10x24x Portable FireWire CDRW Drive, LaCie PocketCDRW 24x10x24 U&I, EZQuest Boa CDR/w 48x12x48 FireWire, Formac cdrw 40x10x40 and cdrw 48x10x40.
Digital Hub and Peripheral Device Enhancements
* Decreases the amount of time Final Cut Pro takes to open, and improves iMovie compatibility when a Sony DVMC-DA1 media converter is connected to the computer.
* Improves iMovie compatibility with Canopus ADVC-100 media converter.
* Improves compatibility with certain (SCSI-based) scanners.
* Improves compatibility of Image Capture with Epson DS (TWAIN).
* Improves results when scanning in grayscale or black-and-white with Image Capture and Epson UI.
* Enhances reliability when hot-swapping a FireWire-based camera on certain iMacs using Final Cut Pro.
* Addresses an issue in which a USB keyboard or mouse is not recognized or able to wake the computer after having been connected to or disconnected from an external USB hub while the computer is in sleep.
Networking and Mail Enhancements
* Addresses a situation in which certain Internet service providers (ISPs) may not accept outgoing email (SMTP) from computers using NAT and a ".local" hostname (which may be assigned by Rendezvous).
* Prevents IMAP messages from being lost when your Internet connection is interrupted during a transfer.
* Improves access to Mac OS X Server during heavy AFP load.
* Improves Mac OS X Server reliability when a Mac OS 9 client attempts a scheduled AFP connection.
* Resolves a potential issue in which Mail could fail to import mail messages from Eudora as expected.
* Addresses an issue in which you cannot browse the contents of an iDisk while a large file is being copied to it.
* Kerberos authenticator now allows keytabs to be disabled.
Printing Enhancements
* Addresses a situation in which Print Center would unexpectedly quit when using St. Claire Software's Default Folder X.
* Improves compatibility with HP LaserJet 4V and HP LaserJet 4MV printers (see Note).
* Reduces occurrences of a "busy; source EIO (ATALK)" alert message when printing using AppleTalk via CUPS.
* Addresses an issue when printing via CUPS in which the second queued print job would automatically start if the first print job was stopped.
* Addresses an "error -1" message in Print Center when adding a third-party USB printer.
Other Enhancements
* Reduces certain instances of Web page graphics taking longer than expected to appear.
* Improves compatibility with Microsoft Entourage.
* Reduces occurrence of a "ticking hard drive" sound that could be caused by IOAudio errors being written repeatedly to the system.log file.
* Addresses an issue in which Mac Help may not be available following an erase-installation.
* Improves compatibility of the Universal Access Zoom feature with some iBook computers.
* Addresses a situation in which no video may appear after waking certain iBook computers that are connected to an external display or presentation device.
* Addresses a situation in which a Classic application may fail to produce sound after waking from sleep.
* Addresses a situation in which AppleTalk may not be available in the Classic environment after waking from sleep.
* Addresses various potential kernel panic situations.
10.2.2:
Digital Hub and Peripheral Device Enhancements
* Improves playback of large media files and peripheral device file copying.
* Resolves a rare situation in which an inadvertently-ejected CD does not become available to the file system when reinserted and applications that accessed the disc cannot be quit.
* Addresses an issue in which an enhanced CD's data and audio sessions do not appear as expected on the desktop when using iTunes and inserting the disc more than once.
* Addresses a formatting issue that could occur when printing or previewing some TIFF documents.
* Addresses an issue in which ColorSync settings for some third-party displays are not retained after restarting or logging out.
* Addresses an issue when printing more than one copy of a file to a postscript printer from Adobe Photoshop 7.0.
* Improves compatibility with HP 4MV printers when printing over an Ethernet network.
* Includes drivers for additional third-party disc burners, including: LaCie d2 48x24x48x, Sony CRX-820E, Toshiba SD-R2212 and SD-R1202, Pioneer DVR-105, and Yamaha CDW-F1 44x24x44x models.
Networking and Modem Enhancements
* Windows File Sharing (SMB) shared volumes may now be browsed by their user-assigned name.
* Resolves an issue in which an incorrect "Change Password Failed" alert may appear when changing a Mac OS X 10.2 Server client's password via AFP.
* Addresses an issue in which some internal Apple modems may fail to respond, displaying a "Could not open the communication device" alert.
* Addresses an issue in which no sound is produced by some internal Apple modems until several seconds after making a connection.
* Resolves an issue in which some internal Apple modems fail to respond when connecting to the Internet.
* Alerts and warnings no longer appear when you cancel a connection to your iDisk in the connection dialog.
* Addresses a startup issue that could occur if an LDAP server designated in Directory Access is not available.
* Addresses a data loss issue that could occur when copying a file whose filename ends with "#02," or other hexadecimal number, via AFP.
* Available disk space on an iDisk is updated more quickly after deleting files.
* Addresses an issue in which an iDisk would appear with an inaccurate 1 GB capacity and 1023 MB available.
* Addresses some issues that could cause a "error -36" alert when copying files to an iDisk.
Address Book and Mail Enhancements
* Resolves an issue in which Address Book could become unresponsive when using the Large Type menu and switching between applications.
* Address Book can now better import groups from prior versions of Address Book.
* Resolves a potential issue when transferring vCards from Address Book to a mobile phone via Bluetooth.
* Allows address information to be imported when dragging vCards to Address Book that were created with Address Book from any version of Mac OS X 10.1.
* Corrects Address Book address format for Australian entries.
* Improves responsiveness when switching in and out of edit mode in the Address Book.
* Address Book entries without a name included now appear in the All group list with the email address as the name, instead of "<No Name>".
* Addresses the rare issue in which Mail may unexpectedly quit when replying to a message.
* Improves the responsiveness of the Mail application's date column and thread highlighting feature.
* Improves the reliability of transitioning a Mac OS X 10.1.5 "Address Book.addressbook" file to an Address Book for Mac OS X 10.2 format.
Application Enhancements
* Improves compatibility for Microsoft PowerPoint presentations that use animations.
* Addresses a potential Disk Copy volume imaging permissions issue that could affect non-Admin users.
* Applications installed with Mac OS X (Mail, Address Book, and so forth), are properly updated--even if you have dragged them from the Applications folder to another location.
* Addresses a display issue that may occur when Command-clicking a URL in some third-party applications, including BBEdit and Mailsmith.
* Addresses a situation in which the menu bar and Dock are not shown until you click the desktop is clicked after quitting a third-party game application.
* Addresses an issue in which some PDF files created with Mac OS X do not open as expected with Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.
* Reduces occurrences of "missing text" when browsing some webpages.
* Improves compatibility for FAXstf when a fax is being sent while the computer is restarted, shut down, or entering sleep mode.
* Disk Copy no longer requires multiple authentications when creating New Image from Device.
* Resolves an issue that could occur when selecting the Address Book card of an AIM Buddy in iChat.
Other Enhancements
* Improves security when using a read-write disk image volume in which "Ignore ownership on this volume" has been deselected.
* Addresses an issue in which Software Update notifications are turned off when upgrading from Mac OS X 10.1 to Mac OS X 10.2.
* Addresses an issue in which, after upgrading to Mac OS X 10.2, an unexpected value in a user's com.apple.LaunchServices.plist file could prevent proper startup.
* Addresses a potential kernel panic situation when using three video cards and more than 512 MB of RAM.
* Addresses a potential issue in which an unauthorized user could log in as a deleted user.
* Improves the Find function of the Finder by no longer finding items in invisible folders.
* Reduces the time required for switching between Sherlock channels when using a low-bandwidth connection
* Sherlock channels may now be saved as a file.
* Allows automatic login to work as expected following an Archive and Install.
* Improves time needed to wake some portable computers.
* Addresses a potential loss of video when waking some PowerBook computers from sleep after using DVD Player.
* Addresses a potential issue in which the computer does not respond when quitting DVD Player on some portable computers.
* Includes Apache version 1.3.27.
* Addresses a potential security issue in which access to system daemons could be blocked when RPC-based services are enabled.
10.2.3:
Digital Hub and Peripheral Device Enhancements
* Works better with Force Feedback-based USB devices.
* Disc burning speed selection is now retained between Finder CD burns.
* Certain files and folders specific to Mac OS file systems, such as a Temporary Items folder or Desktop Folder, are no longer copied to the disc when burning a CD.
* Addresses a situation in which Disk Copy may not proceed beyond the "Configuring Burn" stage when used with some external FireWire-based CD burners.
* Addresses a potential issue in which some computers do not connect in FireWire Target Disk Mode.
* Improves compatibility for iPhoto and Image Capture with Canon IXY DV, Optura200MC, Elura 40MC, zr50, and GL2.
* Adds disc burning drivers for additional third-party burners, including: LaCie d2 CD-RW 48x12x48x FireWire, LaCie d2 CD-RW FireWire 52x24x52, and BUSLINK RW5252FM 52x24x52x
Networking, iChat and Modem Enhancements
* Addresses an issue in which the computer does not sleep if personal file sharing is turned on.
* Connect to Server may now connect to an FTP server when using the Japanese localized version of Mac OS X.
* Improves compatibility for USB-based CDC modems.
* Connections with iDisk volumes over a busy network or low-bandwidth connection are improved; for example, when trying to use an iDisk while also playing a streamed Internet radio broadcast via iTunes over a dial-up modem connection (PPP).
* Improves results when selecting iChat message text.
* Improves spacing when using Option-Return in an iChat message.
* Improves results when transferring file names via iChat that begin with a ">" character.
Application Enhancements
* Improves compatibility for the HP Communications application.
* Provides a zero all data feature in Disk Utility, for compatible hard drives.
* Improves iPhoto slide show function on some computers that use ATI Rage 128 graphics accelerator chips.
* Allows for improved results with applications that switch emulated address spaces, such as Connectix Virtual PC.
* Improves compatibility for OpenGL-based software on some computers that use ATI Rage 128 graphic accelerator chips; improves reliability for OpenGL-based software while Screen Saver effects are enabled on some computers that use ATI Rage 128 graphic accelerator chips.
* Addresses a situation in which some animated GIFs could cause Preview to unexpectedly quit.
* Allows for improved display of fonts via the Microsoft Word Font Toolbar.
* Improves compatibility with Netopia Timbuktu for TCP/IP connections.
* Improves compatibility for Image Capture when downloading large AVI files from some digital cameras.
* US English spellings are no longer interpreted as correctly spelled when using the built-in British English Dictionary.
* Improves compatibility for Mail when accessing accounts, such as AT&T Broadband, which require SSL v2 or v3 over SMTP.
* Addresses some situations in which the Mail application does not quit as expected.
* Addresses an issue in which Mail may become unresponsive when attaching certain kinds of JPEG files to a message.
Audio Enhancements
* Addresses a potential issue in which sound from some USB audio devices may "stutter" after waking from sleep.
* Addresses an issue in which iSub, when used with some third-party USB speakers, could produce static.
* Improves default reverb setting for applications which use QuickTime Musical Instruments.
* Addresses an issue in which audio recorded from a USB device with a sample rate of 48 kHz or 96 kHz may include distortion.
* Improves results when recording from a USB microphone with a sample rate of 11.025 kHz or 22.050 kHz.
* Addresses an issue in which a MIDI device may unexpectedly fail to be recognized, when several devices are connected.
* Reduces MIDI serial compatibility issues by limiting serial support; Apple supplies third-party developers with documentation necessary to provide serial support.
Printing and Print Center Enhancements
* Improves ability of Print Center to automatically find and add USB printers.
* Enhances default printer selection process after network printers have automatically been added.
* Printers configured with a Rendezvous name are now selectable from a Print dialog window.
* Improves notifications when a job cannot be printed due to a stopped print queue.
Other Enhancements
* Improves keyboard navigation behavior in Column view of Navigation Services dialogs, such as open and save dialogs.
* Addresses an issue in which the computer could become unresponsive when configuring the Screen Effects preference pane.
* Addresses a situation in which the Dock may unexpectedly quit when attempting to display a hierarchical submenu while certain background tasks are in progress.
* Reduces instances on some computers in which keypresses are not detected by the "Are you sure you want to shut down your computer now?" dialog box when some applications are open.
* Addresses a potential kernel panic situation when disconnecting a USB hub from a Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) computer.
* Adds a Canadian English language spell checking dictionary.
* Addresses an issue in which Keychain items could become unusable or not allow password changes after a series of different applications request modifications to the item.
* Addresses an issue in which some Power Macintosh G3 computers may be unable to start up in verbose mode with Mac OS X 10.2.1.
* Addresses a potential issue in which some applications may not quit as expected after a USB device is disconnected.
* Addresses a potential issue in which playing certain system alert sounds could cause the Login window to appear.
* Includes OpenGL 1.4 which contains improvements for all systems.
10.2.4:
Digital Hub and Audio Enhancements
* Further improves an enhancement introduced with Mac OS X 10.2.3, in which files and folders specific to Mac OS file systems are no longer copied to the disc when burning a CD.
* Improves audio quality for FireWire audio devices.
* Enhances support for mLAN devices.
* Adds support for LaCie d2 48x12x48x disc burners.
* Improves the way voice-activated applications work in Classic.
* Addresses an issue in which audio may not be sampled when using some Mac OS 9 audio applications in the Classic environment.
Printing Enhancements
* The Paper Size pop-up menu in the Page Setup dialog now has submenus if the selected printer has several margin settings for a paper size.
* Includes software for Brother printers that work with Rendezvous.
* Addresses a potential security issues with the CUPS printing software; for more information see technical document 61798 "Apple Security Updates."
* The Shared Printers list now appears by default in the "Format for:" pop-up menu in Page Setup dialog boxes.
Networking, Modem, and Internet-Related Enhancements
* You may turn on or off the ability to log into AFP servers using an Admin account password.
* Allows for use of a hardware Ethernet address with the ifconfig command in Terminal.
* Improves results when copying large files (4 GB or larger) to a Windows file sharing (SMB) server.
* Addresses an issue in which connecting to an AFP or other server could cause a Finder window to open displaying the contents of the Volumes directory, instead of the target volume.
* Addresses an issue in which the Web browser selection could unexpectedly change to a different browser after updating your default browser.
* Addresses a potential kernel panic situation when receiving a phone call on the same line that connects a DSL modem to the Internet.
* Includes sendmail version 8.12.6; for more information see technical document 61798 "Apple Security Updates."
* Dialing with the modem sound turned on produces sound on a portable computer.
* Rendezvous-enabled computers that have personal web sharing turned on appear in the Safari Rendezvous bookmark collection.
Address Book and Mail Enhancements
* Addresses a situation in which an application making use of Address Book could unexpectedly quit when certain text is deleted from the Show People search box.
* For German-localizations: addresses an issue in which sent messages in Mail may be deleted even if the "Delete sent mail when" preference setting is Never, except for sent messages transferred to a different mailbox.
* Address Book remains open after closing all of its windows.
* Address Book edit mode now includes an Undo feature.
* Resolves an issue that could occur when quitting Address Book after creating a new group.
* Improves Address Book formatting for Irish and Japanese addresses.
Finder Enhancements
* Addresses an issue that could occur when dropping items near the far left or top of the desktop in which existing item icons are "pushed away" from the dropped items.
* Resolves a situation in which the Finder could become temporarily unresponsive after closing a Get Info window.
* Improves behavior when pasting a custom icon over an existing custom icon.
* Dragging an alias from the preview column to the Trash no longer deletes the original item.
* Improves wording in the progress indicator window when copying a large file to an iDisk or WebDAV volume ("5 seconds remaining" could previously for much longer than five seconds).
Other Enhancements
* The Traditional Chinese Input Method now includes Hanin; using Hanin with either Zhuyinfuhao or Pinyin results in significantly more accurate typing.
* Reduces issues that could be caused by a damaged font within the Fonts folder of the System Folder used by the Classic environment, even if Classic is not running.
* Sherlock allows for typed selection of search results.
* Addresses an issue that could lead to a kernel panic when logging out.
* Addresses some situations in which Apple System Profiler 3.0 may unexpectedly quit.
* Addresses an issue in which the computer may not sleep when idle after disconnecting a FireWire or USB device.
* Selecting several items in a dialog list by Shift-clicking now works better in some Mac OS X (Carbon) applications.
* Turning on Folder Actions no longer results in increasing amounts of disk space being used.
* The Classic environment no longer draws the Mac OS 9 desktop picture on both monitors if you are using Display preferences to arrange your displays while Classic is starting.
* Addresses an issue in which the Classic environment could unexpectedly stop on a portable computer while the computer is in sleep mode and certain USB devices are attached.
* Resolves an issue in which System Preferences could unexpectedly quit if the Speech preference pane was open, Speakable Items was on, and sound was detected by the microphone.
* Improves compatibility with Firaxis Civilization III when the application's "Quartz text rendering" option is selected.
* The computer sleeps as expected if certain Ethernet cards are installed but the network port configuration is turned off in Network preferences.
* Addresses an issue with Disk Utility (10.3 v88.11), that could result in some disk repair utilities inaccurately finding issues with the "HFS wrapper" of a newly-formatted disk; the issue would not cause data loss.
* For Swedish-localizations, addresses an issue in which some advanced calculator conversions could result in zero.
* Reduces likelihood of a situation in which an inaccurate message, "You are now running on reserve battery power," may appear when waking an iBook or PowerBook.
* Includes Hiragino fonts version 7.11.
* Improves results when a large user dictionary is used with Kotoeri conversions.
* Addresses an issue in which, after using the Repair Disk Permissions feature of Disk Utility, Kotoeri stalls when the candidate window is shown.
* Improves support for USB-based MIDI devices in Classic.
10.2.5:
Digital hub and disc burning
* Bluetooth Setup Assistant now works with certain Microsoft keyboards and mouse devices.
* Includes Bluetooth support for Nokia 7650 and Sony Ericsson P800 phones, allowing for pairing and implementing an Internet connection through the phone.
* Improves compatibility for discs burned with certain Panasonic consumer burners.
* Adds Image Capture support for Canon EOS 10D, ZR65, and ZR 70 cameras.
* Adds disc burning support for several device-LaCie d2 DVD Multi U&I Drive and d2 CD-RW 52x24x52x, Visual Frontier COHH-B1-A48 and COSP-B1-C24, MacPower Cold Chisel 24x12x24x8x, and these BUSlink devices: FW5252FM FireWire 52x24x52x CD-RW drive, FW4848FM FireWire 48x12x48x CD-RW Drive, RW4040FM FireWire 40x12x40 CD-RW Drive.
Networking and Internet
* Addresses an issue in which domain name lookups could fail if the DNS server responded with a very large reply packet.
* Improves the way that LDAPv3 connections time out when idle.
* Addresses a potential data loss issue that could occur when copying certain files to an SMB volume.
* Addresses issues with Internet Sharing when certain types of DSL or cable modem connections are shared.
* Improves security by resolving an issue in which a guest could gain read access to the contents of a shared Drop Box folder remotely.
* The Internet preference pane can now store .Mac passwords that are up to 32 characters long.
* Addresses an issue in which some Apple internal modems could not establish or maintain a connection to certain Scandinavian Internet service providers.
* For client AFP connections, it is no longer necessary to configure Windows 2000 Share Points to be owned by an administrator group.
Other
* Improves Mail's selection of character encoding for messages sent in these languages: Arabic, Bulgarian, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian.
* Improves Mail responsiveness for accounts configured with multiple POP servers, when the servers are unavailable.
* Addresses an issue in which an application could unexpectedly quit when printing, if /tmp was missing or unavailable.
* Addresses an issue in which a damaged GIF file, such as a website graphic, could cause an application to unexpectedly quit.
* Addresses an issue in which certain PICT graphics could not be displayed.
* Addresses an issue in which the date may unexpectedly be set to 1969 or 1970 during startup.
* Addresses an issue when using the Hanin input method for Traditional Chinese in which Carbon applications could unexpectedly quit if a modifier key (such as Control) was pressed when no text insertion point was available.
* Addresses an issue in which Classic does not start ("Error 1016") when applications are restricted to accounts that are not administrator accounts.
* Addresses an issue in which the Classic environment could become unresponsive after placing a Classic application's save confirmation dialog box in the background.
* Addresses an issue in which using the Command-Option-Shift-Q keyboard shortcut would immediately quit the Classic environment.
* Improves the reliability of AppleEvents traffic (inter-application communication) between software open in the Classic environment and native Mac OS X; addresses an issue in which a user might not be able to log out after using a Mac OS 9 version of America Online (AOL).
* Address Book now supports the Siemens S55 phone.
10.2.6:
* Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.2.5 in which a kernel panic message may appear if certain USB hubs or devices are connected.
* Improves printing compatibility for PostScript OpenType fonts.
* Improves compatibility for Maya Auto Paint and Paint Effects features.
* Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.2.5 in which English is the default language and Asian language scripts are not available in the International preference pane if a script's font is not available.
* Improves compatibility for MacSoft Unreal Tournament 2003 on computers with GeForce 2MX and GeForce4MX graphic accelerator chipsets.
* Address Book now supports the Sony Ericsson T610 phone.
* Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.2.5 in which a file could appear damaged after copying via an AFP sharepoint, unless it was moved to a local volume after copying.
* Addresses an issue for Mac OS X 10.2.5 in which an authenticated connection to a Microsoft Windows 2000 server is not made if Microsoft UAM 1.0.2 is installed.
* Addresses an issue in which a kernel panic could occur after reinserting an ejected PC card, after the computer wakes from sleep.
* Addresses an issue in which certain bitmat fonts could not be printed to a PostScript printer via the LaserWriter 8 compatibility path.
* Resolves an issue in which iTunes 4 display fonts may not be anti-aliased as expected.
10.2.7: a special build only available for PowerMac G5s.
10.2.8:
* Windows on external displays connected to some PowerBook computers are drawn better.
* The Bluetooth menu bar item works better when a Bluetooth USB adapter is disconnected and reconnected.
* Addresses a situation in which an external FireWire storage device would not become available (mount) and this message would appear: "A disk attempting to mount as 'unknown' has failed. Please use Disk Utility to check the disk."
* Addresses an issue in which some Bluetooth devices may not be available after the computer wakes from sleep.
* Addresses an issue in which some Bluetooth keyboards may show a delayed response when you press a key after the computer wakes from sleep.
* Addresses an issue in which some iBook computers could make a clicking sound when using Mac OS X 10.2.5 or 10.2.6.
* Reduces a potential delay when removing some devices from the Bluetooth pairing list.
* Addresses a potential issue in which an audio application can unexpectedly quit when a USB- or FireWire-based audio device is disconnected.
* Bluetooth preferences correctly displays the Bluetooth menu bar item's status if the item was enabled elsewhere.
* Includes several enhancements for Safari.
* Includes support for USB 2.0 devices, including PCI and PC cards for computers that do not include USB 2.0 hardware.
* Includes several security enhancements. For detailed information, see technical document 61798, "Apple Security Updates".
* Includes an updated Ethernet driver for 450 MHz and 500 MHz dual processor Power Mac G4 desktop computers.
* Updates the battery status menu for portable computers.
Those are a lot of fixes and a lot of additional functionality. That said, what do you see coming in the first major update? Is File Vault actually fixed with that small update?
Originally posted by Brian Green
Brad,
Those are a lot of fixes and a lot of additional functionality. That said, what do you see coming in the first major update? Is File Vault actually fixed with that small update?
The first *major* update will be 10.4. As Brad said, there are very rare major changes that occur between 10.x releases. All the issues he pointed out (with the exception of journalling) were considered minor and bug fix releases. There will be no major functionality implemented before 10.4 (IMHO).
Originally posted by JLL
10.3.2 is seeded btw.
any interesting bits in it?
Originally posted by othello
any interesting bits in it?
The note doesn't say much. The update touches USB, Graphics drivers, networking, AFP Server, WebDAV, and International text.
Originally posted by ThunderPoit
i'd hope they'd fix this
Something to definitely fix due to the extremity of the failure when it happens. But how often do you create file names of more than 1000 characters/glyphs even by accident? Even file names with asian fonts rarely get that big.
Exceedingly rare, potentially exceedingly catastrophic.
One I'd fix, if I were in charge, simply because it's the oddball edges of your test data where you pick up signals of flaws in your code that you'd never see otherwise.
Mac OS X 10.3.2 7D12 seeded
ADC Select and Premier members have been seeded a first build of Mac OS X 10.3.2. The update is said to contain changes in USB, Graphics drivers, networking, AFP server, WebDAV and international text. Other than 10.3.1, this update weighs in at about 15 MB. We'll keep you informed...
Extreme Mozilla Failure?
Screed
OS X 10.3.2 Link
It actually goes (somehow) to a European site:
MacNews.net.tc
which goes to:
http://macintosh.fryke.com/cgi-bin/m...cgi/index.html
There is also a post on Macrumors.com
If you understand how this works, you are a better man then I am.
Originally posted by BuonRotto
Something to definitely fix due to the extremity of the failure when it happens. But how often do you create file names of more than 1000 characters/glyphs even by accident? Even file names with asian fonts rarely get that big.
its not exactly something you would do on your own, but how hard would it be for a malicious applescript to do the same?
Originally posted by mcsjgs
Thsi is link I followed:
OS X 10.3.2 Link
It actually goes (somehow) to a European site:
MacNews.net.tc
which goes to:
http://macintosh.fryke.com/cgi-bin/m...cgi/index.html
There is also a post on Macrumors.com
If you understand how this works, you are a better man then I am.
Originally posted by BuonRotto
Something to definitely fix due to the extremity of the failure when it happens. But how often do you create file names of more than 1000 characters/glyphs even by accident? Even file names with asian fonts rarely get that big.
While I admit it's not very likely, I can imagine someone trying to paste a file name into a save dialog, thinking they'd copied something much shorter, but accidently pasting a whole paragraph that they'd copied earlier instead. If the error went unnoticed.... boom!
This is one of those bugs that's not serious for the likelyhood of your stumbling into the bug, but for the scope of the bad consequences if you do. I'm sure the EQA guys where I work would flag this as a "P1" bug if they'd discovered it.
Originally posted by Kickaha
Heck, I can send you a 50MB update, Moogs... can't guarantee it'll fix anything, but it'll be 50MB...
You always were the generous type, Kick...