Why everyone should test the development branch

On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 01:37:55PM +0200, Jonathan Carter wrote:
> Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> > You've hit the nail on the head.  Hardware is one area where it's absolutely
> > critical that users test the development branch.  There is no possible way
> > that the development team can know whether your hardware stopped working in
> > Breezy unless you test it and report back.
> 
> Is there some kind of open-source on-line infrastructure that could be
> put up on the ubuntu website, that would allow users to add products,
> and how well they work? This would obviously be hugely beneficial for
> both users and developers, and if it's more formal, users will be more
> happy testing it.

We have something in the wiki, but the problem is too big to be tackled in
that way for the long term.

> How about integrating/developing this kind of environment into
> launchpad? Then I could click on "Help -> Feedback" in my camera
> software and enter which camera i used, and how well it worked.

Interesting idea.  Another one for the ever-expanding Launchpad todo list.
;-)

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 - mdz