[wp-forums] After alpha ..

[Vicki Frei]

On 11/10/2005 3:20:49 PM, Podz (podz at tamba2.org.uk) wrote:
> ..comes Beta.
> 
> At some point, 1.6 will go Beta. At that point, many many people will
> download it, install it and want to give feedback. This feedback will
> happen regardless of how many times we point anything out to the
> contrary. It cannot be avoided. That's point one.
> 
> Point two is that during beta, the devs need information. Telling people
> to sign up for the testers list will not work. Those that know already
> use it, those that do not, will not. Better maybe that all the beta
> feedback, praise and problems can be in one place.
> 
> So I suggested to Matt in #meetup that when the Beta is created, that we
> open a Beta forum. This will only exist up to the official next release.
> It may even persist for a very short time after in case we need to
> reflect on matters, but then it would go.
> Such a forum means 1.6 does have a place. We can move discussions into
> that area. I would favour posts from that forum being excluded from the
> front page. And it means that Matt, Ryan and others have one place to
> check for user feedback.
> 
> Thoughts ?
> 
> P.
> 

Excellent.  In case anyone cares, I immediately vote AYE, IN FAVOR of this. 
Great idea!

V