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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Withrow, Tel: +1 617 598 4480, Fax: +1 617 598 4430 Net: witr@rwwa.COM R.W. Withrow Associates, 319 Lynnway Suite 201, Lynn MA 01901 USA
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