Bug #372011 (or: how we could help with anaconda beta tests)

[Rahul Sundaram]

Dmitry Butskoy wrote:
> Martin Marques wrote:
>>> One thing that's clear is that anaconda QA missed some key spots, and
>>> also that we (users) didn't help much on the process, allowing the bugs
>>> to remain hidden until the version was officially released, which led to
>>> a lot of stress among users and developers.
>>>     
>>
>> The problem is that most users don't have time and resources to test
>> twice a year a new release. 6 months for development+beta testing+RC
>> testing is just too little.   
> 
> It seems that someone in a marketing department assumed that people will 
> be frightened by 6 month cycle and will *buy* more stable distribution 
> kit (RHEL) instead. 

Nope. Red Hat Linux itself followed a similar release schedule so this 
has nothing to do with Fedora/RHEL splut. Besides you can't explain 
various other distribution that have a 6 month release cycle this way. 
Answer lies in rest of the upstream software including GNOME which 
follow this release schedule and user demands for those software which 
are usually too intrusive to include as updates in a general release.

Rahul