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madmouse · Jan 20, 2002, 04:51 PM

Hi there

I saw OSX 10.2b11 on Carracho today! Anyone installed it yet?

iNeusch · Jan 20, 2002, 04:53 PM

Originally posted by madmouse:
I saw OSX 10.2b11 on Carracho today! Anyone installed it yet?

How old is it ?

Agasthya · Jan 20, 2002, 05:55 PM

Originally posted by madmouse:
Hi there

I saw OSX 10.2b11 on Carracho today! Anyone installed it yet?

b11? I thought apple's numbering scheme was <integer><letter><integer><in teger> (i.e 5G48)

its gotta be a fake.

MacGorilla · Jan 20, 2002, 06:54 PM

The 9.x releases were numbered like 9.1b17, etc but not the Mac OS X ones. I'd stay away from that.

And as a policy, I don't install betas of Mac OS X (except the Public Beta)

Adam Betts · Jan 20, 2002, 07:00 PM

If you saw it then why didn't you download it?

Colonel Panic · Jan 20, 2002, 07:17 PM

it's "6B11". such a build does exist, but is very old, i think as old as 3 months now. "current" 10.2 should be much further along.

BTP · Jan 20, 2002, 10:09 PM

If someone here reads Buqtraq, we could have an idea of the latest build number. I am wondering if there will be new hardware and software soon? As I recall, we were supposed to get 10.2 by now, but the revised schedule pushed it off until summer. Is that correct?

I heard through a 3rd hand source that the speed is improved and spring loaded folders were back. I can't recall more that, especially since we likely won't see it for a while....and I am not installing any betaware..

The DJ · Jan 20, 2002, 10:12 PM

Originally posted by Colonel Panic:
it's "6B11". such a build does exist, but is very old, i think as old as 3 months now. "current" 10.2 should be much further along.

Well since i ain't got something better to do now, the talk about this:

I think it has been extremely quiet. From what i've heard so far, im not impressed. I hope that there are a lot more goodies and fixes for me to play with in march. (which will probably end up being may, with all the problems lately with installers)

Sarc · Jan 20, 2002, 10:20 PM

I saw some time ago some pictures of sopposed 6B11, and if they aren't fakes (thing that I doubt since there are no obvious signs of Photoshopping) shows OS 10.2 still at hard development since the pictures only show minor changes, mostly appearance stuff. Also a new DiscCopy, with the standard toolbar on top, and an "Open With ..." contextual menu, similar to the one included in windowze since Win2K SP2, and yes, spring-loaded folders are back. I think OS 10.2 is codenamed "Jaguar" a very fast animal, so if it means anything it suggest speed, but logically that problem was mainly addressed in 10.1, leaving 10.2 as an update that would improve the overall "Usability" of the system.

I wouldn't intall 10.2 until it's oficial though.

Sarc

Sarc

Guy Incognito · Jan 20, 2002, 10:26 PM

Originally posted by Sarc:

I think OS 10.2 is codenamed "Jaguar" a very fast animal, so if it means anything it suggest speed, but logically that problem was mainly addressed in 10.1, leaving 10.2 as an update that would improve the overall "Usability" of the system.

But the Cheetah is the faster animal. So maybe we'll see a decrease in speed with Jaguar.

[ 01-20-2002: Message edited by: Guy Incognito ]

ryarber · Jan 20, 2002, 10:27 PM

Originally posted by Sarc:
I think OS 10.2 is codenamed "Jaguar" a very fast animal, so if it means anything it suggest speed, but logically that problem was mainly addressed in 10.1, leaving 10.2 as an update that would improve the overall "Usability" of the system.

Wasn't 4K78 codenamed Cheetah? Guess that spoils that theory.

Sarc · Jan 20, 2002, 10:45 PM

Intrinsically what I said I taht I didn't think that the codename had anything to do with the target optimization since the speed problem was mainly solved with 10.1, and even more I said that logically the next step for 10.2 was the overall "usability" of the system, with some optimization too

.

Anyway, I want the gossip to start for 10.2 as it was with 10.1, the new builds, new features, etc.

Sarc

CharlesS · Jan 20, 2002, 11:17 PM

I for one am excited about 10.2, whenever it comes out.

I sent a message to the Cocoa feedback e-mail address asking if there was going to be a drag and drop API that would allow me to promise a file that didn't exist yet, and I got this response:

Hi Charles,

Yes, this has been a popular request. We are working on support for a Cocoa version of flavorTypePromiseHFS for the next release.

Kristin

On Friday, January 11, 2002, at 03:30 AM, Charles Srstka wrote:

Sorry to bother you guys again...

Since 10.2 wasn't announced at Macworld, I'm assuming it's still in development. Any idea on whether either an API is being planned for 10.2 that would either allow getting the location of a drop or would add support for flavorTypePromiseHFS, so that files that don't yet exist could be dragged and dropped from applications like compression apps, ftp apps, and my package extractor program to the desktop?

Thanks,
Charles

Note where it says for the next release! So I should be able to add decent drag and drop support to Pacifist after 10.2 comes out.