From: ask1@cec2.wustl.edu (Andrew Scott Koransky) Subject: Re: SLS: Additional problem & questions. Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:04:36 GMT
Peter "SLS" MacDonald writes:
>>Also, some remarks for Peter. First of all, great work! I can't imagine
>>the amount of time you spent getting all this together so nicely. Second, a
>>suggestion: Is it possible for someone or a group to test SLS releases so
>>that the bugs may be eliminated by the time the new release gets to the
>>public? It may cause some delays, but I think it would be well worth the
>>wait. Perhaps a "beta" SLS release?
>>Anyhow, keep up the good work!
>
>I do. You are that group :-). Seriously, when I announce an upgrade, I
>expect people to respect it and wait a week unless you are intrepid
>(or just a good samaritan).
This is fine, but I believe this should be announced somewhere in the readme
maybe and when it is stable enough, modify the readme or something like
that... just so we know. The main problem here is simple communication.
Newbies to Linux SLS are downloading it unaware that a new "buggy" SLS has
been uploaded and suffer for it.
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