Hi Rory
Am 12.06.13 20:22, schrieb Rory O'Farrell:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:35:23 -0400
Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
Something to consider for AOO 4.1 is the value of a broad public beta
program to solicit early feedback on builds. This could be a good
complement to our formal QA efforts.
A beta program could be set up like this:
1) After feature freeze, and after smoke tests pass on the 3 major
platforms, we have a build that has the new code, and doesn't have any
known horrible defects.
2) Immediately create a special Release Candidate for the beta,
English only, or maybe a combination install with 5 major languages.
3) Vote on the release of the beta via the normal 72-hour PMC vote.
Focus on the formal release checks around license, notice, etc.
4) Distribute via SourceForge and/or Apache mirrors. No need to
preserve older betas. We'd only keep the most recent one.
I just want to make sure that we're all aware this option is
available. We can do something that gives wider public exposure than
a dev snapshot build, but is less than a final version. The key thing
is to meet the formal requirements of an Apache release, but set user
expectations that it is a beta.
Regards,
A very major problem is that relatively inexperienced user _will_ download and use a
beta, disregarding any warnings about it being a beta. They will increase the support
workload, as faults may be due to their inexperience, not to shortcomings in the beta,
and certainly the stress level for support staff as they are hassled to try to obtain
recovery of "the most important file this load of **** has ruined on me".
Do you have had the same problem with the old Developer Snapshots from
the old OpenOffice.org Project? They was also distributed over mirrors,
and was linked at the download page. You have to put a big warning on
the top yes. Remember, there are also a load of experianced users who
start to test with the beta, including companies. They provide a
important feedback for us.
Greetings Raphael
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