Re: [Evolution] open letter to Ximian Evo team: RH 6.2 blues

[Alec Peden <pezking jaded org>]

I think the build machine is out of HD space, thats why there has been
no snapshots for about a week. Another option is to just co from cvs. 



On 08 Feb 2001 13:43:54 -0500, Fernando Pereira wrote:
> The constant crashes of the composer in 0130 are slowly but surely
> making me reconsider my experiment with Evolution. We RH 6.2 users have
> not had a fresh snapshot since Jan 30, and it's apparent from the kinds
> of build failures reported on primates.ximian.com that providing a 6.2
> snapshot is not a high priority for Ximian. I hope that I am wrong, but
> this does not bode well for Ximian's approach to potential customers.
> Yes, I would be willing to pay out of my own pocket for a high-quality
> Linux mail client. I paid for Eudora and upgrades for five years while
> using Macs, and I felt that was money very well spent. Qualcomm had an
> excellent early access beta program with fast response to bug reports,
> and I'm sure that they benefited much from the feedback of users that
> learned to trust them enough to try out their beta releases. I have
> tried to report all Evo bugs I find in as much detail as I can, but it's
> pretty much useless to do so if I am stuck in the "solved in CVS" limbo
> for over one week.
>
> So, the question for the Ximian Evo team is: are you prepared to make it
> possible for people who want to help with testing to actually help? It
> is *possible* to do this, as Qualcomm's Eudora team -- a small one, BTW
> -- proved over many years. The question is whether there is the will to
> do so.
>
> Don't get me wrong. I think you are doing many things right. But when it
> comes to involving users willing to spend the effort to test releases
> and report problems carefully, I think there is serious room for
> improvement. I hope you will find a way to take those steps, if nothing
> else because that would be the path to some people's wallets, and, more
> importantly, to the budgets of their businesses.
>
> -- F
>
>
>
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