Installing F14 Beta

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

  On 10/15/10 1:53 PM, James McKenzie wrote:
>    On 10/15/10 10:52 AM, Terry Polzin wrote:
>> On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 13:15 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
>>> On 10/14/10 5:10 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>>> The list info on
>>>> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users  states that
>>>> "this list provides community assistance, encouragement, and advice
>>>> for Fedora users" without specifying a release version, however the
>>>> developers would probably appreciate knowing about an F14 problem
>>>> throughhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test  (for example).
>>>> -- 
>>> IMHO F14 is not a Fedora version, given that it hasn't been released
>>> yet. Same with Rawhide.
>>>
>>> poc
>> There IS a fedora test list.
> True, for both POC and you.  However, guys coming down on someone like
> they are a nail and you are a hammer is not very good for FC public
> relations and sometimes does not get the 'job done.'
>
> It just might be good to know what did not work with the beta when the
> GA comes down and we experience the same problem in this list.  Such
> information should not be placed into a vacuum or list that gets wiped
> for each FC 'version'.
AFAIK no list gets wiped, and all the list archives are publically 
readable even to non-subscribers.
> And Rawhide is a Fedora 'version' as is 14, but they have their own list
> for now and brokenness and other issues SHOULD go to them.
Of course. That's basically what I'm saying. The idea that it's somehow 
OK to discuss prerelease versions here completely misses the point that 
some devels *do not read this list* (strange but true). Pointing this 
out -- politely -- is not out of place.

poc