[ubuntu-in] Is Ubuntu messing up on QA?

[Udhay Shankar N]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Parthan SR <parth.technofreak at gmail.com> wrote:

>  So, when you download-install  or upgrade your stable version of Ubuntu
>  to an Alpha version, you are consciously accepting the fact that things
>  may seriously break ad you are ready to face such things. Secondly, you
>  are seriously advised not to use an Alpha release for you stable system
>  requirements. Alpha release *is* our QA process and it is meant for
>  those daring devils who have passion to try them out, find and report
>  bugs, try fixing issues and a lot more. It is not meant for any one who
>  doesn't want to look at things breaking and who do not have the patience
>  or inclination to fix things on their own. If you do not understand
>  this, your rants are meaningless. Please stop saying "Ubuntu broke my
>  system" or "Ubuntu doesn't work for me" if you tried an alpha release
>  and it messed you up. Even most of us try alpha releases over a VM, or
>  at least have a old box to spare the occasional curses of a breakage.
>  Please understand and stop ranting! :)

Parthan,

How does this apply to the post I forwarded? Raju applied a Ubuntu
*security patch* which broke mailman, and it is his contention that
this is due to bad QA practices. He didn't install an alpha release of
anything.

Udhay
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