>>>>> "ef2" == ef2  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Hi

ef2> I think that we need a lot more RCs, and on the contrary they should be more
ef2> frequent, a lot more frequent. Updating a cooker machine is not the same
ef2> than installing the distribution from scratch, considering the updating
ef2> scripts do not have the same effects.
ef2> For example, there should be 1 RC per 10 days or 2 weeks. Go for a RC5 or
ef2> RC6, it does not matter if one or two bugs have been squashed, but this way
ef2> you will attract more beta testers.

15 days for 6 releases = 3 months.
Being in Release Candidate mode during 3 months means that it is going
to be a bit difficult to have 6 months Release cycle :(

ef2> If you want that more people test the beta versions, you need to consider
ef2> the human psychology : the more the figure will be big, the more people will
ef2> want to try the distribution. I even suggested after 9.1 to lie about the
ef2> actual release date. Maybe this would not be really useful though.

I am thinking that if the solution is to apply "psycology", we will
have to told people that we are going to have only 1 RC and then doing
3, then people will begin to test RC1 instead of beggining testing in
RC3 :p

Later, Juan.



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