On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 08:10, Christian Perrier wrote: > I'm currently feeling that the way we currently point > users to the various builds on the d-i main page > (http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer) is not optimal. > > > Basically, we have 3 sections here: > > -beta4 > -tc1 > -daily builds > > The daily builds section links to a dedicated page > (www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/builds) explaining the > differences between sid_d-i and sarge_d-i > > Strangely, this page mentions sid_d-i as the "daily builds" while the > main installer page link in "Daily builds" points to > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/ which has > *sarge_d-i* builds > > There are several consequences to all this: > > -we receive "too much" reports for beta4 and for nearly all of them we > always answer one of the following: > -"please test a more recent image such as tc1 and sid_s-i" > -"this has been fixed. Please try....." (tc1 or sid_d-i)" > > -tc1 which was meant to be a test candidate is probably is bit too > visible currently and several users take it as the last "official" > release" > > -sid_d-i images are very hard to find > > Just before Saturday's meeting, I received a proposal by Vince > McIntyre for a "how to help us testing d-i" page: > > http://people.debian.org/~bubulle/d-i/irc-meeting-20040619/vince2.html > > I suggest that > > -we keep only beta4 on the main d-i page as "official release". Put > here a link to the "builds" page. > -we remove the tc1 pointer from the main page > -we keep a "daily build" paragraph pointing to a new page called the > "builds" page > > This "builds" page should be basically the current > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/builds where we inject Vince > McIntyre proposal. > > > Do you think we can converge on these ideas ? > > The most critical point, imho, is currently the lack of visibility of > sid_d-i and a too much visible sarge_d-i release...
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