In my opinion beta testing serves its use in moving towards a final, by 
handing out tidbits yhe endusers of the program never ever now where they 
stand? My position is this: i'm waiting for really a lot of timme, waidting 
energy , etcetera. it is called WAITING FOR GODOT. WiLL he ever come and who 
is he?
reg.,
hans

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"hpcoutinho" <hpc### [at] tiscalinl> wrote:
> In my opinion beta testing serves its use in moving towards a final, by
> handing out tidbits yhe endusers of the program never ever now where they
> stand? My position is this: i'm waiting for really a lot of timme, waidting
> energy , etcetera. it is called WAITING FOR GODOT. WiLL he ever come and who
> is he?
> reg.,
> hans

Yes it servesa goal. The final will come when it's ready.  We went through
all this (including the same waiting, expired betas and questions related
threr-to) a few years ago for the 3.6 release and it did eventually come (I
can't remember off-hand how many betas plus release candidates were put out
before it was final)

-tgq

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"hpcoutinho" <hpc### [at] tiscalinl> wrote:
> In my opinion beta testing serves its use in moving towards a final, by
> handing out tidbits yhe endusers of the program never ever now where they
> stand? My position is this: i'm waiting for really a lot of timme, waidting
> energy , etcetera. it is called WAITING FOR GODOT. WiLL he ever come and who
> is he?
> reg.,

VLADIMIR:
We're waiting for Godot.
ESTRAGON:
(despairingly). Ah! (Pause.) You're sure it was here?
VLADIMIR:
What?
ESTRAGON:
That we were to wait.
VLADIMIR:
He said by the tree. (They look at the tree.) Do you see any others?
ESTRAGON:
What is it?
VLADIMIR:
I don't know. A willow.
ESTRAGON:
Where are the leaves?
VLADIMIR:
It must be dead.
ESTRAGON:
No more weeping.
VLADIMIR:
Or perhaps it's not the season.
ESTRAGON:
Looks to me more like a bush.
VLADIMIR:
A shrub.
ESTRAGON:
A bush.
VLADIMIR:

ESTRAGON:
He should be here.
VLADIMIR:
He didn't say for sure he'd come.
ESTRAGON:
And if he doesn't come?
VLADIMIR:
We'll come back tomorrow.
ESTRAGON:
And then the day after tomorrow.
VLADIMIR:
Possibly.
ESTRAGON:
And so on.
VLADIMIR:

ESTRAGON:
Until he comes.
VLADIMIR:
You're merciless.
ESTRAGON:
We came here yesterday.
VLADIMIR:
Ah no, there you're mistaken.
ESTRAGON:
What did we do yesterday?
VLADIMIR:
What did we do yesterday?
ESTRAGON:
Yes.
VLADIMIR:
Why . . . (Angrily.) Nothing is certain when you're about.
ESTRAGON:
In my opinion we were here.
VLADIMIR:
(looking round). You recognize the place?
ESTRAGON:
I didn't say that.
VLADIMIR:
Well?
ESTRAGON:
That makes no difference.
VLADIMIR:
All the same . . . that tree . . . (turning towards auditorium) that bog . .
...
ESTRAGON:
You're sure it was this evening?
VLADIMIR:
What?
ESTRAGON:
That we were to wait.
VLADIMIR:
He said Saturday. (Pause.) I think.
ESTRAGON:
You think.
VLADIMIR:
I must have made a note of it. (He fumbles in his pockets, bursting with
miscellaneous rubbish.)
ESTRAGON:
(very insidious). But what Saturday? And is it Saturday? Is it not rather
Sunday? (Pause.) Or Monday? (Pause.) Or Friday?
VLADIMIR:
(looking wildly about him, as though the date was inscribed in the
landscape). It's not possible!
ESTRAGON:
Or Thursday?
VLADIMIR:
What'll we do?
ESTRAGON:
If he came yesterday and we weren't here you may be sure he won't come again
today.
VLADIMIR:
But you say we were here yesterday.
ESTRAGON:
I may be mistaken. (Pause.) Let's stop talking for a minute, do you mind?
VLADIMIR:
(feebly). All right. (Estragon sits down on the mound. Vladimir paces
agitatedly to and fro, halting from time to time to gaze into distance off.
Estragon falls asleep. Vladimir halts finally before Estragon.) Gogo! . . .
Gogo! . . . GOGO!
Estragon wakes with a start.

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If you don't like testing the beta versions then the solution is simple:
Don't.

  If you offer yourself for beta-testing, do it at the pace of the developers,
not at your own pace.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

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hpcoutinho wrote:
> In my opinion beta testing serves its use in moving towards a final, by 
> handing out tidbits yhe endusers of the program never ever now where they 
> stand? My position is this: i'm waiting for really a lot of timme, waidting 
> energy , etcetera. it is called WAITING FOR GODOT. WiLL he ever come and who 
> is he?

This discussion if off-topic for this group. Take your discussion to 
p.off-topic or elsewhere. You have been told so just two days ago. This is 
the last warning.

	Thorsten, POV-Team

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