Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 20:16:27 -0400 From: Robert Withrow <witr@rwwa.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Another rushed beta test? Message-ID: <199510060016.UAA27656@spooky.rwwa.com>
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>From what I can gather we are going to have another rushed
beta test. By that I mean that there will be something like
a week beta test of the final product before it is pressed
onto CD. Is this correct?
And, btw, I don't think that SNAPs qualify as beta-test
targets, since they are activly developed between their
releases. They are more like alpha releases. A beta test
is supposed to test the final product to verify the
*non-existence* of critical bugs... I don't have the
resources to test alpha-quality software whereas I
*can* test beta-quality software, give adequate time
(which means more than just one week). Testing software
implies *cost* for many otherwise willing people who
*could* give valuable input if this were handled
differently.
This is disapointing because I was led to believe that
things would be different this time.
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