On 13 Oct 2002, Michèl Alexandre Salim wrote: > On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 14:07, Joe Klemmer wrote: > > things. Ironically, as the total number of users explodes, the ratio of > > beta testers is shrinking. I would not be surprised to find that the > > total number of people who test new kernels and distros is less than it > > was 6 or 8 years ago. > > > Well, I do beta test every single Red Hat release since 7.2 (or was it > 7.1?), and did not used to last time before I had a fast connection :p. > As for kernels, though, the 2.5 series still insist on locking up solid > straight after GNOME finished loading, so no go there. there is always a certain frustration with investing time in beta-testing red hat, only to find upon the official release that there are really painfully obvious glitches in the system. consider this last cycle -- after *three* different betas, i installed psyche only to find that hwbrowser fails utterly. how did this get past the beta testing? i still like being part of the beta testing phase, but i've quietly noticed more people say they're going to skip any more x.0 releases and wait for the x.1. i don't think this is a good testimonial for the entire beta testing process. comments? rday
