Re: SeaMonkey 2.4 Release -- New Features and Fixes

[Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)]

Jens Hatlak wrote:

> Right, and the fact that your are not a beta tester explains that you don't 
understand the reasoning.

> The purpose of the beta channel is to have beta testers. Justin just decided 
that FF's decision to skip the upgrade to the stable release was worth following, 
i.e. people will upgrade directly from one beta to the next, with a small delay 
compared to the stable release update. There is nothing wrong about that if you 
think about it. I was confused shortly, too, but I had the advantage of knowing 
that 2.5b1 is close since I already prepared the website for it.
>
> That said, your above statement shows that you are not really impartial but 
in fact biased, not really thinking about the circumstances that differ from your 
own situation. Too bad, chance missed.

I /am/ impartial, but my perspective may be different to yours.

By preventing beta testers from auto-upgrading to 2.4 (release) before
auto-upgrading to 2.5 (first beta), the Firefox team are also preventing
beta testers from confirming that an upgrade from 2.4 (final) to
2.5 has no negative impact; thus when non beta-testers such as myself
are auto-upgraded from 2.4 to 2.5, there is a non-zero risk that such
an upgrade will cause problems.  Not bias, Jens, just a different
perspective.

Philip Taylor
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