On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 07:03:51PM +0100, John Darrington wrote:
> Alan takes the view that users should not be discouraged to try the latest
> git snapshots,
> whereas the decision to add this notice to those snapshots was taken in order
> to ensure
> that users are fully aware of what they are getting. I don't think that
> these two goals
> need to be mutually exclusive.
>
> How would it be if we changed this notice to:
>
> "This version is intended for testing purposes only. Please report any
> problems."
>
> I think that will make it clear that problems *might* occur, without
> frightening or
> intimidating the user.
I've been following this discussion but I've refrained from commenting
until now.
I don't like to tell users not to use a given version of PSPP because
it's just for testing, and I appreciate that our packagers package not
just releases but also development versions. After all, if users do not
have a way to run development versions, then they will not get tested
and thus will not serve their purpose for testing!
On the other hand, I think users should be informed that a given version
of PSPP is likely to have more bugs than one would ordinarily expect
from a PSPP release. I think we can make that clear, however, without
the shrillness and placement of the current warning.
I think that an appropriately worded notice can make all of this clear.
For example:
This is a development version of PSPP. Please be alert to the
likely possibility that it contain more bugs than a PSPP release.
If you encounter bugs, please consider reporting them to the PSPP
developers at bug-gnu-p...@gnu.org, to enable them to be fixed.
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