FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: I know I'll get flamed for this but....

["Carlos Hasan" <chasan@xxxxxxx>]

>The problem is that this stuff would be freshly checked in and all 
alpha quality.
>It would mean that people could *well* trash their machines by using 
it.
>It might wipe their hard drives, treat them badly and generally be a 
nuisance.
>It might also be fine. 
>
>The real question is this - what do people expect and how much of a 
let down
>would alpha quality software be=3F If everyone is expecting us to have 
polished 
>software as good as Be's releases, well, don't expect to see anything 
soon.
>If people want to sign up for an alpha testing program, maybe that 
would be
>the route to go. I don't want to flood our mailing list with "this 
doesn't work. You suck".
>OTOH, I don't want people to fade away because we haven't published 
anything 
>yet.
>
>What do you all think=3F

What about releasing small, well-tested, bits of code periodically (ie.
every 3-4 weeks)=3F Being able to easily download these "updates"
would be a good thing.

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Carlos