On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 10:56:05AM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Michael Lucas wrote:
> > 
> > I understand that we're getting to that stage where we need more
> > -current testers.
> > 
> > We all agree that the optimal thing would be to have hordes of very
> > sophisticated users who can debug problems on their own and submit
> > patches to fix all their issues.  I would guess that we all also agree
> > that that's not going to happen.
> > 
> > It seems that the best we can hope for is to educate some of the
> > braver users who are ready to take the next step and are willing to
> > donate some time to us.
> > 
> > I'm considering doing a series of articles on testing FreeBSD-current,
> > including: setting up for kernel dumps, what to type at the debugger
> > prompt after a crash, filing a decent bug report, what to expect from
> > -current, and so on.  I would also make it clear when to not bother
> > filing a bug report (i.e., "You crashed, but had no WITNESS?  Sorry,
> > enable WITNESS & try again."). This would be (I suspect) three
> > articles, running about a month and a half.
> > 
> > The last time I checked, I get 12-15 thousand readers for each
> > article.  One half of one percent uptake would (hopefully) be quite a
> > few bug reports.
> 
Has some kind of conclusion been arrived at on this ?
It has gone quiet since Feb 20th, I am definitely interested.

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   Cliff Sarginson -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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