On Mon, 19 May 2008, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
". If you are a Fedora fan, but would prefer your Linux desktop to have
fewer experimental software packages, you might want to postpone the
upgrade for a month or two, or investigate one of the distributions with
a policy of shipping stable and well-tested software only."
... implies we don't test our packages. If you agree with analysis, fine
but I do think our choices can be explained further.
To be perfectly honest, I *do* agree with the analysis. I think that
comprehensive testing, right now, is the biggest weakness we have. Some
of the bugs we shipped with are pretty ugly.
My current circumstance is a great example.
I'm writing this from an F9 USB key I burned using Luke's Windows USB tool
on my mother-in-law's Windows computer. Excellent!
But I'm using it because when I upgraded to F9 and then tried to use
hibernate, it bricked my laptop. Bummer!
Some of these bugs could have been found with simple test suites -- but we
haven't managed to get that work done. It's a real problem.
Look, we're getting *really* favorable coverage for F9. I expect that
coverage will continue. I think this is a case of taking criticism
graciously, admitting our imperfections, and working to do better next
time.
--g
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