At 17:29 2/5/2001, Sascha Schumann wrote:
>On Wed, 2 May 2001, Zeev Suraski wrote:
>
> > The question is, if you think people will actually download the RC in order
> > to test it (as opposed to using it) - why won't they join the QA team?
>
> Their job description might list "test new software releases
> before putting them into production," and not "join the PHP
> QA team."
"Testing new software releases before putting them into production" is
pretty much a one sentence description of what 'Quality Assurance' is.
> Joining the QA team for downloading a simple
> pre-release sounds a bit too much bureaucratic.
>
> And just to give an example. In the past, I've installed
> various pre-releases of the Linux kernel. If something
> broke, I reported it. But I don't think I would have ever
> joined a Linux QA team. Enabling more people to test RCs on
> a wider range of systems will hopefully produce more feedback
> and hence increase the quality of the release process.
I don't seem to recall Linux publishing far-reaching announcements about
-pre versions. If you walked around the development mailing lists or the
behind-the-scene web sites, you could hear about it, much like you can with
PHP today.
Zeev
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