Billie Walsh wrote:
Basil Chupin wrote:
Billie Walsh wrote:
On 08/13/2007 Basil Chupin wrote:
(SuSE is going from bad to worse at each "improvement" "release" since Novell bought the German company. I downloaded the CD of 10.3 Beta 1 together with the CD of the ADDON-NON OSS Bi-Arch and there is NO way that I can install all the files/applications: there is no Midnight Commander, no kernel source, no pico or nano, no kradio, et alia.)
That's why it's called "beta".
No, that is not why it is called a BETA.
Furthermore, we are not talking about a Beta 1 release of a version 1 but of version 10.3.
Now, somewhere in between a version 1 and a version 10.3 someone, anyone, with a bit of brain and nous and know-how would have figured out on what has to be put into place, and how software should be tested by staff being paid on writing it and administrating its implementation and release on the open market, to have the software in a state where it CAN be called a BETA and have people spend their time and money in downloading the product to be able to make judgements about its efficacy and offer suggestions on how to improve it.
Cheers.
Wikipedia: A beta version is the first version released outside the organization or community that develops the software, for the purpose of evaluation or real-world black/grey-box testing. The process of delivering a beta version to the users is called beta release. Beta level software is between 60% and 70% complete, generally includes all features, but may also include known issues and bugs of a less serious variety.
Please note that it says "60%-70% complete" and "GENERALLY includes all features", caps mine. There is no guarantee that it will be complete, OR that everything will work.
Nowhere in computers have I ever heard of someone that expects a "beta" to be complete and ready to go. That's why it's called a "beta". For someone to install a beta and expect full functionality is just plain ludicrous.
If your not ready to put up with missing bits and pieces and many bugs stay away from "beta" versions of anything. Even if its beta2095487 of version 86579423108.45879. A "beta" is still a "beta".
Oh my gosh. We are now relying on the Wikipedia for definitive and factual interpretations of words and meanings! You did know that one can go in and edit what is in the Wikipedia? (If I memory hasn't totally failed me, wasn't there a (?)high school drop-out who was posting medical advice, and related articles, until he was found out either earlier this year or late last year?) But, oh, OK, let's go with what you write above: "60% - 70% complete". How can something be this far "advanced" when someone - like me - cannot perform the very basic operation of simply properly installing it? I repeat: INSTALLING IT and not simply find there are some things not working correctly *after* the installation. Cheers. -- Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. 22 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org