Put me in coach....US Florida Lee On Tuesday 24 December 2002 06:51 am, you wrote: > I can offer my help for Atlantic Canada > > Ingo > > On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 24 Dec 2002 2:50 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > > > On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 06:15, Poogle wrote: > > > > I believe the key here is that it was solely focused on testing new > > > > releases and reporting back to Mandrake in a concise and relevant > > > > way. > > > > > > > > While all feedback is important I see a problem in an individual > > > > obtaining a beta or rc and reporting issues directly. In some cases > > > > it is reported on this or other lists that "my scanner/camera/cd > > > > rom/package/whatever doesn't work" followed by a number of posts > > > > which resolve the issue with "mine does, you need to do this" in > > > > these cases the limited time available to Mandrake developers would > > > > be misdirected and if the issue was raised without resolution on > > > > these lists and then submitted to Mandrake it is possible that the > > > > next beta would be out and Mandrake developers would be tempted to > > > > ignore it as it referred to a previous release. > > > > > > Poogle, > > > > > > I have a solution/suggestion. One or more persons could take the > > > responsibility to burn and mail out new releases to the 75 or more > > > crashtesters. I would be willing to try to help, if I didn't have to > > > buy the CD's. You figure 75 people, with a three CD distro, that's 225 > > > CD's burned per release. This responsibility could be divided up > > > between two or more peeps with broadband access (like me.) I've got > > > the equivalent of a T1 here, so I can download ISO's in short order. > > > > > > The "Burners" could each be assigned mailing lists with peeps that are > > > close to their area of residence. In my case, crashtesters on the > > > eastern seaboard of the United States would be my "customers". A > > > "Burner" could be assigned to a sector of Europe, or Australia. You > > > get the idea. > > > > > > A FedEx or UPS account that's owned by Mandrakesoft could take care of > > > the mailing charges. When the CD mailer goes out, it's just assigned > > > to the Mandrake UPS or Fedex account. > > > > > > This would resolve the problem of getting corrected test distros out to > > > the crashtesters in a minimum amount of time. > > > > > > --LX > > > > I have broadband and would be willing to help (UK). I haven't downloaded > > and installed a distro as such, but would have thought it no problem. > > > > Anne
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