>>>>> "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. -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy
