RE: [Cooker] Mandrake's Stability

[Geoffrey Lee]

>
> Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
>
> > Sorry Ron, our development process is a OpenSource development in
> > the Bazaar style where everything is published the soon as we code it.
>
> Hardly!   Where is the testing required to ensure the coder's
> confidence in his work?
>




this is what you are here for. the developers only coded it.




> And, after that, where is the testing to ensure that the coder's
> module works properly in conjuction with all the other developers'
> modules?   Testing up to completion of this is called Alpha testing.
>




the developers do internal testing too, but because of limited hardware and
resources not all configurations can be tested, that's why if you ever open
src rpms you finsd ungly alpha and sparc patches.



> Your remark makes properly organised Beta testing all the more
> imperative, not less.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Ron. [AU] - sent by Mandrake Linux.
>