Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

Just to add another point... (see inline)


On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 20:04:56 +0200
Paul <paulsteyn1@afrihost.co.za> wrote:

> On Wed, 6 Aug 2014 19:01:19 +0200
> Florian Reisinger <florei@libreoffice.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > If we do not find the bugs in the fresh version, they won't be
> > resolved until the rename to Stable/Still. If less use Fresh, the
> > quality of the next stable will be lower.... Does this help?
>
> That is true, but it still seems dangerous to push new users towards
> Fresh. If users start with Stable, then, after learning that it is
> stable, are pushed towards Fresh to get newer features, then the ones
> who want stability won't move across and will be happy, and the ones
> who want new features will move, knowing there is stability to fall
> back on, and so will also be happy. Should they find that everything
> works, they will be happy with new features, and should they find
> instability, they will be happy to fall back on the stable version,
> knowing that they had taken a *slight* risk.
>
> Conversely, if you push all new people to Fresh, any who find no bugs
> will be happy, but any that find bugs will have the impression that LO
> is buggy and unstable, and won't necessarily know about Stable to fall
> back on. Those that are told about Stable will undoubtedly grumble
> about the fact that they should have been told about it in the first
> place.
>
> I'm not saying that this is a simple matter, just that in my opinion
> it is far better to offer the Stable branch as the default install,
> and urge users to try out the Fresh branch when they start asking
> about features. Once they've gotten as far as asking about features,
> they're already far enough in the process to get help should there be
> any unexpected problems with Fresh. 

They're also far enough along in the process to offer bug reports...

> Also, giving proper explanations
> (well, proper brief explanations with a link to a more detailed
> explanation) on the download page lets new users evaluate the choice
> themselves, and that way they are less likely to be angry when caught
> out by something.
>
> There should still be enough users of Fresh in this scenario to allow
> for the needed user testing.
>
>
> Paul
>
>
> > Liebe Grüße, / Yours,
> > Florian Reisinger
> >
> > > Am 06.08.2014 um 11:17 schrieb Tom Davies <tomcecf@gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > Hi :)  
> > > This seems to be contradicting what Charles is saying. 
> > >
> > > Also is it really a good policy to force new and unwitting users
> > > to act as guinea-pigs?  Should all new users be pushed into
> > > finding and fixing bugs?  Would it really be bad to give them a
> > > clear and easy route to a less buggy version? Regards from
> > > Tom :)  


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