+1 It would be much easier for planning purposes if we had target dates for betas. That would allow us to say to our user community "hey, we've got something new for you to test, come and get it" - instead of people having to stay up to date with the development and then choose when to start to test
Noticed Daan's point about the overhead & burdon, which is true, but I still think it would be better this way Kind Regards Giles D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 giles.sir...@shapeblue.com -----Original Message----- From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net] Sent: 14 May 2013 15:49 To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Should we be releasing -beta releases? On Tue, May 14, 2013, at 09:41 AM, Chip Childers wrote: > As a way to get more user feedback on our major feature releases, what > does everyone think about releasing one or two -beta releases for each > major feature release? Yes to beta releases. I know that users could test at any time, but we need explicit targets for users that say "now is a good time to test this and give feedback." +1 Best, jzb -- Joe Brockmeier j...@zonker.net Twitter: @jzb http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
