Pierre Jarillon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > And if people were reporting bugs/responding to queries DURING > > > the beta/RC period, more bugs would be fixed BEFORE final > > > release... > > > > excuse me, but most people will test during RC period, but the > > problem was you release ... how many ... 2 RC ! after RC2 there > > were many bugs remaining to fix, and some people could not install > > RC2 on their computer. When i could see that some people were > > beginning to install RC2, they had many problems with > > screensavers, etc ... > > Yesterday I contact konica because I had a problem with a > > printer. The technician in order to test the printer under linux > > as I was using mdk install ... RC2 ( yes that's the last one > > available ). > > As the overall time can't be expanded, it could be better to have 2 > beta and 3 RC instead of 3 beta and 2RC. > As people use to test only RC, this is a way to get a best bug > report.
agreed. nice idea > > Have you have a look at RC of OO.org ? You were able to release a > > RC with mdk 9.2 because there was practically no differences > > between the final RC and the final version. > > OOo did five RC which were truely Release Candidate. > However OOo is far less complicated as a full distro. indeed some bugs came from different compoents interaction (different libs version requires, compiler, ...)
