On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 13:18:58 -0600 "Monique Y. Mudama" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If that's the most important thing, the very next most important thing > is that the descriptions make clear to non-developer users that testing > and unstable are not intended for them. I see no such advisory in the > current descriptions.
I would put it a *little* differently -- that they're not intended for
non-developer users *unless* those non-developer users are interested
in helping with the development of the next release/future releases
(by filing bug reports etc.), so much so that they're willing to run
the risk of a borked system, which both unstable and testing will
sometimes give them. You don't want to dissuade *everyone* from tracking
them. You just want to make sure that nobody tracks them who doesn't
fully understand what they're getting themselves into.
But I agree with your point, regardless -- the mere fact that "testing
is not intended to be a good choice for users who wanna split the
difference between stable and unstable" comes up here so often would
suggest that any way to make this more clear to the user community
would be good.
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