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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] RCs explained (draft)
From: antony@zend.com (Antony Dovgal)

On 02/19/2007 10:01 PM, Marcus Boerger wrote:
> Hello Antony,
> 
> Monday, February 19, 2007, 7:12:27 PM, you wrote:
> 
>> On 02/19/2007 08:40 PM, Marcus Boerger wrote:
>>>> Release candidates are development packages released to check if any critical
>>>> problems have slipped into the code during the previous development period.
>>>> Release candidates are NOT for production use, they are for testing purposes only
>>>> even though in most cases there are (almost) no differences between the general
>>>> availability (GA) release and the last RC.
>>>> You can help us detect problems by installing and testing release candidates
>>>> on your own (non-production!) server.
>>> 
>>> This should read: You can help yourself...
> 
>> I believe running the test engine and providing us with feedback users help _us_ in the first place.
> 
> If they only help us they wouldn't do anything. So we need to make clear
> that they help themselves by running the tests and their own software.

Well, saying that they help only themselves is not true.

-- 
Wbr, 
Antony Dovgal