I like it. I already have Linux, Windows and macOS 4.2.0-dev builds available (http://home.apache.org/~jim/AOO-builds/ <http://home.apache.org/~jim/AOO-builds/>) for some langs
> On Nov 30, 2017, at 5:15 PM, Marcus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am 30.11.2017 um 21:26 schrieb Dave Fisher: >> In light of our current situation with getting builds together but not >> having a lot of people doing more than simple QA what does the team think >> about releasing a Public Beta for 4.2.0? I think that this would be an >> advantage for the project and might serve to bring in more of the community >> as QA volunteers. > > I thought it's without discussion that we need a (long) beta test phase for > 4.2.0. So, yes for your proposal. > > We can create a new entry on the download webpage, some advertising areas on > the other webpages, and other fine things to make it visible. > > And - also this should be clear already - we need several builds of 4.2.0 > with further included bugfixes; to show an increasing quality towards the > final release build. > > For me the real question is " *When* do we start the beta? ". ;-) I would > like to have a specific level of quality that we give to our users. Otherwise > we will get spammed by bug reports which nobody wants to handle. > > Marcus > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
