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[Pete Travis]

On Nov 6, 2012 4:29 PM, Jóhann B. Guðmundsson <johannbg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/06/2012 11:07 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>>
>>> >People that want to try Fedora can do so via live cd/dvd/usb or in a
vm and those that dont need to reformat/repartition and reinstall windows
and then install Fedora assuming that they have legal copy of Microsoft
Windows in the first place ( which I seriously doubt is the case today
since I dont even think they ship a copy on cd with windows with
laptops/desktops today atleast I did not get any copy with the last laptop
I bought )…
>>
>> This makes zero sense. Why do they need to reinstall Windows?
>
>
> If you dont own windows you a) need to buy it b) install it c) install
fedora to test this criteria.
>
> Having a criteria which assumes that QA Community members own an copy of
Microstoft Windows or have it  ( still ) pre-install to be able to test it
so we can release Fedora is just absurd.
>
> JBG
> --

If there is a shortage of testers for this requirement, I'm happy to pitch
in. Users, including me, have a reasonable expectation that their Windows
installation won't get trashed by the Fedora installer. Changing QA policy
will not affect the users' expectation.

--Pete
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