[vbox-dev] Ask to extend the BETA cycle of future major VirtualBox releases

[Alexey Eromenko]

> I don't think extending the BETA cycle would help much. The main issue is
> exposure and that's a typical issue of beta/rc versions, not only for
> VirtualBox.
> The point is that a significant amount of users will wait for the "stable" .0
> release to update, giving it much broader testing than the small(er) amount of
> beta-testers ever could and hence finding mentioned bugs.
> You'll never get the amount of users you have for a .0 release for a beta or
> rc version.
>

There is some truth to your words, Heinz.
Are there any better ideas to release more stable versions ?

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-Alexey Eromenko "Technologov"