Re: 8.5 release timetable, again

Josh Berkus wrote:
> Tom, all,
>
>
>> As far as the alpha releases go, I wouldn't --- I see no evidence that
>> we have the manpower to formalize them any more than they are now.
>> I do like the idea of trying to reach out to more beta testers and
>> manage that phase more aggressively. Maybe if we can make something
>> happen there, it would be possible to do the same for alphas later.
>>
>
> Well, we need a concrete list of things to beta test if we want people
> to do this in any organized fashion. It's easy enough for us to say "we
> need beta testers"; but without telling our community *what* to test,
> people just download, compile, do a select * from table, and say "it works".
>
> Once we have a list, we can launch a simple app/wiki page where people
> can report results of their tests.
>
> Without all that, the task is too amorphous for us to expect much from
> the community-at-large.
>
>

Actually, what I had in mind was getting people to run their
applications etc. in some non-production environment on the beta. I
talked to a client today and he said "sure, we have several development
environments and we can put one or two on the beta and then let the
developers just do their thing on it." Testing the things we know about
is in a way less important than making sure nothing else got broken.

cheers

andrew