> > Then why not put the actual CVS version online? > > With another background image... > > The historical 'problem' has been that betas did not > get a good enough visibility to be well tested. Having > the beta manual online may be a catalyst to get more > people to test the beta. They would surf to the beta > manual just to check out how things are different or > if there is something that they need in it. If they > see something useful, they'll hopefully give it a try > and hopefully provide us feedback. Currently, for the > user to try out the beta, she would have to download it > to see if there is anything that is particularly useful > - granted we keep the WhatsNew upto date, but it may not > always provide enough details. > > On the other hand, if somebody is interested in the cvs > version (alpha version) of the manual, it is because of > self-interest. I don't think many 'users' would look at > work in progress and report a lot of issues. Sigh, it > hasn't happened even with betas yet ;-( > > For the above two reasons, I suggest we have the released > version of the manual and the beta version of the manual, > but not the alpha version. > > > Jan > > Cheers, > Magesh
ok, convinced. Beta-manual as commercial for the beta :-) Jan
