Re: 8.5 release timetable, again

Tom, all,

> As far as the alpha releases go, I wouldn't --- I see no evidence that
> we have the manpower to formalize them any more than they are now.
> I do like the idea of trying to reach out to more beta testers and
> manage that phase more aggressively. Maybe if we can make something
> happen there, it would be possible to do the same for alphas later.

Well, we need a concrete list of things to beta test if we want people
to do this in any organized fashion. It's easy enough for us to say "we
need beta testers"; but without telling our community *what* to test,
people just download, compile, do a select * from table, and say "it works".

Once we have a list, we can launch a simple app/wiki page where people
can report results of their tests.

Without all that, the task is too amorphous for us to expect much from
the community-at-large.

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Josh Berkus
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