Oh, please, please, COME ON Ubuntu development people!

[Alan Pope]

Hi Gilles,

On 15 April 2011 10:10, Gilles Gravier <ggravier at fsfe.org> wrote:
> What I want to add to the debate is that this is a "BETA" version. We
> are talking about a product not yet finished. Not yet ready for
> mission-critical use.
>

Today is 15th of April. Release date of Natty is 28th April. That's
not long. It's not unreasonable to expect that you might be able to
install the thing a couple of weeks out from release, is it?

> I understand Basil being upset. But in a way, he "asked for it". When
> one downloads a beta, one does so expecting to get into trouble, and to
> report these bugs. And complaining strongly that a beta is buggy is,
> well, to say the least, not what is expected of a user of a beta.
>

Sure, but Basil didn't indicate that this was anything other than
testing. He just outlined that he tried it and it went a bit pear
shaped. I can completely understand his frustration.

> That kind of complaining *MIGHT* be justified *ONLY* once the product is
> final... :)
>

I disagree. Someone has to test this stuff before release. The more
the merrier.

Al.