On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 00:49 +0000, John5342 wrote: > > > If you don't know what it is, then you probably aren't a good > candidate > > > for testing it. > > > > Sorry Rex, but that makes no sense at all. You mean only people who > > already know about this beforehand can test it? > > > The people who are effected by the deficiencies of the default backend > will know that sesame2 exists and have indeed asked for it. Sesame2 is > however not ready for prime time and therefore can't be recommended as > a replacement for the default at this time. The people who have asked > for it are the kind of people who would want to test it. I don't question any of that, in fact it's clear to me that I won't be testing the thing myself, but I think my original point is being missed, to wit: would it not have been useful to include a brief summary of what the package is about so those of use who are not interested can *know* we're not interested? poc