I think it's too late to change this situation for the 2.0.x series. Everybody loves the speed and awesome features of 3.0b*
It should be easier to find people interested in testing 3.0.x beta version because the trunk version will have to many bugs for a long time.
Nobody will use the nightlies oder beta of security release if you don't present an USP to them. The USP of these betas is a higher security cause known security bugs are already fixed.
Jesse Ruderman
· 1 year ago
I think there should be a "Include beta versions" checkbox in Options - Advanced - Update. mconnor didn't like the idea when it was proposed in https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26... but maybe you can convince him to change his mind. (My argument would be: "I'd rather ship beta versions to a few too many users than ship beta-quality releases to everyone.")
Johnathan Nightingale
· 1 year ago
My guess is that the FF3 betas will have more than a million users before release. If we arrange it so that those users become beta-update-channel users for 3.0.x, it seems to me you'll have more beta channel than you know what to do with for at least the first several stability releases, no? It might take that long for the new hotness to be worth switching to, and even still, I imagine your stragglers will number in the hundreds of thousands, maybe?
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It should be easier to find people interested in testing 3.0.x beta version because the trunk version will have to many bugs for a long time.
Nobody will use the nightlies oder beta of security release if you don't present an USP to them. The USP of these betas is a higher security cause known security bugs are already fixed.
Are we rigged for that approach right now?