Subject Re: [Firebird-general] Discussing betas on lists - a question/proposal?
Author Helen Borrie
At 09:28 PM 26/02/2008, you wrote:
>Hey,
>
>Firebird-support doesn't accept discussing unreleased Firebird versions.
>
>Fine.
>
>Someone should subscribe to Firebird-devel. However, this lists does a
>lot more than discussing betas and I can imagine someone gets flooded
>by the e-mail coming from it.
>
>I was wondering if another lists could/should be started specifically for
>Firebird betas/release candidates.

It already EXISTS and is pointed to in every alpha, beta and RC release notes.

Firebird-test.

The release notes for these versions also clearly advises newbies to start with a released version, not a beta.

>Your opinion?

What's the point of starting another list that has the same function as one that already exists?

Helen