On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 1:06 PM, Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> wrote: > Andreas Stieger wrote on Tue, May 09, 2017 at 12:55:31 +0200: >> Daniel Shahaf wrote: >> > One of the ideas that came up was to establish a dedicated mailing list >> > for beta / pre-release feedback. The thinking is that having a channel >> > for advanced users to discuss 1.10-dev issues in — without noise from >> > support requests or design discussions — might encourage more such >> > discussion to happen. >> >> I don't know that given the current volume on either dev@ or users@ >> would give way to a noise issue that would require a dedicated list >> for beta. > > The point wasn't that the current lists are too busy. The point was > whether creating a dedicated list would encourage or enable users to > give feedback. > > I.e., would we receive more feedback with a dedicated list than with our > "post to users@" policy (the one we repeat in every release announcement)?
Yes, I think that's a valid argument. It might help in creating some more traction focused around beta-testing 1.10 (in that case, maybe we should call the next 1.10 pre-release a "beta" instead of an "alpha" -- otherwise the announcement on our website might be a bit weird: "Subversion 1.10 alpha 3 has been released. Please test and report your feedback on beta-users@s.a.o" :-)) -- Johan
