On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 13:35 +0000, Andrew McCall wrote: > While I don't think that Haiku is ready for mass-market testing. > > I think getting some sort of testing process up and running is a great > idea. I have access to almost 5000 machines, all Dell desktops, > laptops and server that have been made over the last 7 years right up > to ones made this week. > > If an automated test procedure could produce some sort of dump to a > floppy disk or USB key, or even if available direct via the Internet > information could be cataloged automatically on what works and what > doesn't. > > ...but as I said, I don't know how ready Haiku developers are to > accept . I know they have a plan on how they want to roll out an > alpha, and I don't know how useful info on what Haiku doesn't work on > would be right now. I think the last thing that would be of use is a > load of random emails to developers saying "this card works" or "this > card doesn't work". > Good point. The best outcome would probably be confirming reproducible problems and filing a single, thorough bug report for each major issue. Perhaps some sort of bug triage effort could also be another good use of extra hands. -- Joshua