Graham <br><br>seems reasonable enough.<br>I just worry that testers are not as clear headed.<br><br>gary<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Graham Cobb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:g%2B770@cobb.uk.net">g+770@cobb.uk.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Wednesday 26 November 2008 18:34:17 gary liquid wrote:<br>
> i don't think I follow with this extremely limited -devel testing cycle<br>
> route, especially since *anyone* (even seasoned professionals) who connect<br>
> to -devel at this point for however short a period run the overriding risk<br>
> of screwing up their system.<br>
<br>
</div>I don't agree. I, personally, run with extras-devel enabled all the time.<br>
But then I don't ever click on "Upgrade All" and I don't say "oh, a shiny new<br>
version of Canola -- must upgrade". However, when I install something new it<br>
often comes from extras-devel, and I do upgrade things sometimes (because I<br>
want the upgrade, or it has been around a while, or I suspect that it might<br>
interact in some important way with one of my apps).<br>
<br>
For beta releases, I announce them on ITT and I tell beta testers to<br>
temporarily set up extras-devel in order to load the upgrade, and then<br>
disable it again.<br>
<br>
Basically, I hope and expect developers to run with extras-devel enabled -- it<br>
helps us all if we are each keeping reasonably up to date with each others<br>
apps (and, hopefully, finding interaction problems before our users do).<br>
<br>
And I expect power users to have extras-devel configured (because they have<br>
participated in someone's beta test) but disabled (so they don't pick up<br>
stuff by mistake).<br>
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