Re: Multiple Password Prompts on Startup Despite Master Password
Chris Ilias
> Chris Ilias wrote on 19.05.2006 00:23:
>
>> If you have a problem with trunk builds, it's probably better to ask
>> in a testers forum.
>
> OK. I just hope they don't send me back here saying "it's a *support*
> question". :-\
>
> PS. There should be a "support" newsgroup for "developer" builds
> testers. (just kidding) ;-)
Cross-posted and follow-up set to mozilla.dev.mozilla-org.
I've thought about that quite a bit. News.mozilla.org does not have
newsgroups equivalent to what the builds forums serve on MozillaZine;
which is a forum for each product, where nightly users/testers can get
together to confirm bugs, discuss recent code changes, and provide peer
support for those changes.
The most appropriate equivalent, I suppose, is mozilla.dev.quality.
There was a mailing list created long ago <tbirdt...@mozilla.org>,
which is more along the lines of what I'm thinking.
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> _Peter Lairo_ spoke thusly on 22/05/2006 4:50 AM:
>> Chris Ilias wrote on 19.05.2006 00:23:
>>
>>> If you have a problem with trunk builds, it's probably better to
>>> ask in a testers forum.
>>
>> OK. I just hope they don't send me back here saying "it's a
>> *support* question". :-\
>>
>> PS. There should be a "support" newsgroup for "developer" builds
>> testers. (just kidding) ;-)
>
> Cross-posted and follow-up set to mozilla.dev.mozilla-org.
>
> I've thought about that quite a bit. News.mozilla.org does not
> have newsgroups equivalent to what the builds forums serve on
> MozillaZine; which is a forum for each product, where nightly
> users/testers can get together to confirm bugs, discuss recent
> code changes, and provide peer support for those changes.
>
> The most appropriate equivalent, I suppose, is
> mozilla.dev.quality. There was a mailing list created long ago
> <tbirdt...@mozilla.org>, which is more along the lines of what
> I'm thinking.
That sounds like a good idea to me, though I rarely test nightlies.
Something like mozilla.support.nightly-testing at first, for all apps,
and if traffic warrants it could be split into app-specific groups.
It would at least help the testers form a community[1], and if any devs
wanted to drop by they could see how the users were experiencing
things. Maybe even an occasional summary could be put together for the
devs, if they wanted it.
[1] Maybe testers already have a fully-formed community -- I dunno.
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Peter Lairo
> _Peter Lairo_ spoke thusly on 22/05/2006 4:50 AM:
>> Chris Ilias wrote on 19.05.2006 00:23:
>>
>>> If you have a problem with trunk builds, it's probably better to ask
>>> in a testers forum.
>>
>> OK. I just hope they don't send me back here saying "it's a *support*
>> question". :-\
>>
>> PS. There should be a "support" newsgroup for "developer" builds
>> testers. (just kidding) ;-)
>
> Cross-posted and follow-up set to mozilla.dev.mozilla-org.
>
> I've thought about that quite a bit. News.mozilla.org does not have
> newsgroups equivalent to what the builds forums serve on MozillaZine;
> which is a forum for each product, where nightly users/testers can get
> together to confirm bugs, discuss recent code changes, and provide peer
> support for those changes.
>
> The most appropriate equivalent, I suppose, is mozilla.dev.quality.
> There was a mailing list created long ago <tbirdt...@mozilla.org>,
> which is more along the lines of what I'm thinking.
I don't think this is as good an idea as it initially sounds. The
Thunderbird dev newsgroup(*) is already pretty much barren, so a few
nightly tester questions and suggestions would actually be useful. Also,
creating yet another newsgroup would even further fracture the already
fractured Thunderbird community (many of the "followers" and the lead
developer spend most of their online time in the - more cumbersome -
web-baed forums).
(*) news://news.Mozilla.org:119/mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird
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Peter Lairo
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