Bill Marquette wrote on 23-3-2008 18:52:
Seeing as how the feature is targeted for 1.3 and we don't have public 1.3 test images (hello, we JUST released 1.2) yet, it will be difficult for those that have donated to the feature to test that it's actually been done right. The easiest way for Ermal to get the feedback from those that are financially interested in the feature is to provide a special release for those users. I've done the same for features I've developed - _I_ support those special images, I'm only willing to provide that supported them being created. I imagine Ermal feels the same way. When we start rolling public 1.3 images (if you can't wait, feel free to do a developers install and roll your own, just don't expect any support on it), the larger group of developers (and hopefully users) will be able to provide support.
Obviously it's Ermal who decides how to release his features. Although I would like support new features, it's actually the lack of a wide user base that keeps me away from special versions. As I see it, that is the down side of this bounty system. Rolling my own version wouldn't solve that.
As with all products, I fully recommend basing evaluations against current released feature sets, not vapor-ware features (in the
Hm yes, you're right about that. Jan
