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Rémi Cardona wrote: |
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> Do we know how many people actually use the software on the live media? |
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> Do they care if it's not 100% functional? |
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I don't know about new users, but I suspect many veteran users use |
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Gentoo media only in the extremely unlikely event that they've blasted |
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their system to the point where it's necessary, or when they've acquired |
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a new box. The other major use case, of course, is giving media to |
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friends who are unfamiliar with Gentoo. |
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There have been occasions where I would boot the Gentoo (and others') |
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LiveDVD on my Windows workstation at my day job and use it as a Linux |
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workstation, but VMware Server pretty much eliminated that use case. |
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Corporate IT policy forbids me from running beta software, at least that |
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of vendors, because of licensing issues, but that may not apply to open |
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source betas. |
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> But, wouldn't it be interesting to find out the usage patterns for our |
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> users before making a big list of things to check? |
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> Maybe not enough users do care to make it block QA and releng's time |
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> when making new releases. |
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I can't speak for either QA or releng, but you may have a point. Veteran |
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users most likely will have the tools and motivation to file accurate |
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bugs without a checklist, and newbies probably will be looking for |
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something simpler, like, |
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a. Does it come up to a desktop, find my network, can I browse the web, |
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read email and edit a document in OpenOffice? |
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b. Why is the start button in the upper left corner? |
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c. Does the wireless work? Does the sound work? Where's the &$^#& virus |
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scanner? |
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d. Well, I've had enough of Linux -- did it trash my Windows install, or |
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can I eject the CD and give it to my 13-year-old gamer cousin and get |
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back to work? |
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:) |
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