Just for information to everyone not reading all the posts in the other forum sections.
I currently get the feeling most non beta testers which have tried 7.6 and had some big problem with it are trying to revert back to 7.5.5 without further interest in spending time investigating and finding the cause of the issues. The good new is that some people seems to be happy with 7.6, at least that's what the following poll thread indicates: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89108 I guess reverting to 7.5.5 is a good idea for people who don't like to be beta testers but it also means that unless Logitech or the experienced beta testers spend a lot of time trying to find and investigate all possible issues there is a large risk a lot of them still will remain when 7.6.1 release. Releasing a 7.6.1 that still contains a lot of issues is obviously going to destroy any good reputation Logitech still have. So questions to someone at Logitech: 1. Is there some kind of extremely preliminary time frame/goal/indication when Logitech might try to release 7.6.1 ? (are we talking end of summer as the previous preliminary indication for 7.6.0 or something much sooner) 2. Would it be possible to have and announce a release candidate at least a few days before officially releasing 7.6.1 to at least make sure a bit few users try it before introducing it to people who don't want and never will participate in beta testing ? 3. I guess I'm not going to get any answer on this but I'm still asking just in case, is it likely that Logitech will spend considerably amount of its own testing/QA resources on testing 7.6.1 or is it more likely that all testing will have to be done by the two Logitech developers involved together with the community ? The reason I'm asking is because I think it's important that the beta testers in the community get some kind of indication how critical their involvement is. Releasing a 7.6.1 where a lot of critical issues still remains would obviously be a bad idea both for Logitech and the future of the Squeezebox products. I don't want the Squeezebox products to die because of this situation but I also don't want to spend a lot more of my spare time on testing if Logitech is going to take the responsibility to do the work themselves. And some questions to all the community members: 1. Is there some way we could create a FAQ of frequently known issues and solutions to make it easier to point users with problems to this ? Is it a good idea to have something like this ? Is anyone willing to start creating a wiki page or something similar for it ? 2. Is there some way we could create a troubleshoot guide which we ask all users to look through first ? I'm getting a bit tired or repeating basic questions like, "do you have any errors in server.log" to everyone that posts in the forum without clearly describing the problem. Is it a good idea to have something like this ? Is anyone willing to start creating a wiki page or something similar for it ? -- erland Erland Isaksson ('My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info)) (Developer of 'many plugins/applets' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/User:Erland). If my answer helped you and you like to encourage future presence on this forum and/or third party plugin/applet development, 'donations are always appreciated' (http://erland.isaksson.info/donate)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89109 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
