for me it sounds really a good idea. after downloading and installing iso version, if i know that the boxed version will fix some errors i met, i'll buy it:)
> Hello cookers, > > What about a new mode of Mandrake Linux distribution mode : > - Now : we have a 3 stages of validation (QA process) for the > distribution : * One two or three betas after the cooker work. > > * One, two or maybe three release candidate with a deep freeze in > cooker tree > > * The final step is the announce (on that ever media) and, I think, the > transfert of the final master to the printing & packaging departement > + the mirroring to the ftp sites. > > - Proposal : why not add a step at the end following this pattern : * > One two or three betas after the cooker work. > > * One, two or maybe three release candidate with a deep freeze in > cooker tree > > * The final step is the announce (on that ever media) and make > available on the FTP site the GPL cds > > * wait one more couple of days to squizze the last bugs that apeears > with the final rush and then transfert of the final master to the > printing & packaging departement + the mirroring to the ftp sites. > > This way has some "big advantages" : > > - the boxed version could be more stable. > > - the 3 CDs are for "internet" people and not the average people who > could wait a little more to have their box. > > - no more "offficial" update just after the launch of the boxed > version. > > - a more professionnal approch (less on the bleeding edge, more safe > you are) > > - you will be more covered by the media (one article for the GPL CDs, > one for the box version) > > - You could do a two distribution ways : > * sell the GPL CDs without _any_ stuff (including books, ...) for > people who > want to be the first. > * sell the boxed version a few weeks after with the corrected version > nd the > books, the support, ... > > People who use the first version will have to update their distribution > when the boxed version is ready via internet, that's all. > > Please ask if I am not clear enough. > > Bye, > Laurent > > -- > Penser pour un bon nombre de femmes est plutot un accident heureux > qu'un etat permanent. E.Stern > --- > Envoy
