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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: cygwin-1.3.21-1
* Corinna Vinschen (03-03-13 12:28 +0100)
> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:01:53AM +0100, Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>> * Christopher Faylor (03-03-13 08:51 +0100)
>>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 06:02:22PM -0500, Rolf Campbell wrote:
>>>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>>> I've made a new version of the Cygwin DLL and associated utilities
>>>>> available for download. As usual, a list of what has changed is below.
[...]
>>> Yeah, and isn't it a *shame* that when I suggest that people should try
>>> a snapshot, they never do? The only way I have to test new features is
>>> to release a new version of cygwin, apparently. And, then listen to the
>>> complaints.
>>
>> Like in the old days: noone wants to try a "beta" or "snapshot"
>> (except when he's got problems with the existing release). Call it
>> "Preview Release" or "Release Candidate" and make it very easy
>> accessible.
>>
>> Even I as a long-time-user wouldn't know (without research) where to
>> get and how to install a "snapshot". Is it this "Exp" thingy in
>> "Setup.exe"? Where to get the "new" Setup.exe? If it was offered
>> directly on http://www.cygwin.com/, lots of people would be curious
>> and try.
>
> It is called "snapshot". A quick look on the Cygwin home page shows in
> the left menu bar a menu point called "Snapshots". Where's the magic in
> finding this?
The "magic" is that no-one has a reason to find, search or install
betas or "snapshots". A lot of software companies have made this
experience and they solved it by making betas attractive and by making
people curious about new features, not about possible new bugs.
Thorsten
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