I too was unhappy with 4.0 but we have to look at the bigger picture. I have 40+ actively using OC so I will participate in big finding.
Richard Burns On 7 Jun 2012, at 10:14, Frank Karlitschek <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jan, > > I´m sorry that you are not satisfied with the quality of ownCloud 4.0.0 > In fact I´m neither. > We have release 4.0.1 with a lot of bugfixes already on monday and we are > working on 4.0.2 which is scheduled for next weekend or monday. > > We do a bug hunt session this saturday and you are welcome to participate if > you want to help us with reporting bugs and testing. > > > Frank > > > On 06.06.2012, at 22:59, Jan Niggemann <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear developers, >> >> I'd like to point you to some discussions on the owncloud forum. >> Please read these comments by different users: >> "I wish to point out my dissatisfaction (....) For me "stable release" = >> production mode without blocking bugs" [1] >> >> "We considered buying the enterprise plan of owncloud because it did sound >> soooo good. However we wanted to test the community version first and we are >> very dissatisfied as well - looking forward to use an other system than >> owncloud." [1] >> >> "Sorry, but there were (and still are) a lot of bugs I've posted on the >> bugtracker site (and also in the forums and the mailing list). But all of >> them have been ignored. One is still alive since v3.0.1 and would be very, >> very easy to fix." [2] >> >> "owcloud 4.0.0 was a complete failure ..." [3] >> "My mistake was to move to 4.0.0 that was official release May 22, 2012.... >> today is june 03 and still owncloud still provide the link for 4.0.0" [3] >> >> It was already discussed here if the project should be moved to github. That >> would IMHO be a good idea, as the widespread use of the platform would lead >> to more contributions in the form of patches and pull requests. But IIRC >> someone pointed out that the non-free nature of github didn't match the >> ideals of owncloud... :( >> >> I see it this way: Owncloud has a chance to be a killer application for a >> lot of people. But poor documentation, (unfixed) bugs and a crappy 4.0 >> release are already chasing people away, see the comments above. If you >> spend a lot of time on the forums you feel the bad mood people are in... >> >> Too may unsatisfied users lead to a fork, a fork splits the developers and >> the community, both projects lose their pace, ... >> None of us users wants that and quite likely the developers don't want that >> either. >> >> This mail is not meant to discourage the team, I wish owncloud all the best >> and I try to support it as good as my time permits! >> >> But, developers: How do you plan to tackle the problems OC has from your >> users point of view? >> >> [1] http://forum.owncloud.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2769 >> [2] http://forum.owncloud.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2742 >> [3] http://forum.owncloud.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2752 >> _______________________________________________ >> Owncloud mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud > > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
