[Opensync-users] We're fooling users currently

[Juha T. <Juh...@ik...>]

On Wednesday 02 January 2008 15:09:05 Daniel Gollub wrote:
> OpenSync 0.34 is experimental development and changed all over the place.

> Make sure you're using a ported version of Kitchensync for the OpenSync 0.3x 
> API ... which tries to run the discovery after configurating the group. 
> Currently we don't have any update process from 0.2x to 0.3x ... as i already 
> mentioned 0.3x is experimental and intended to be a development branch. There 

This is something that most users stumble nowdays. opensync.org
front page highlights list of versions - which gives an wrong impression 
that things are being polished, instead of being heavily broken and
under construction.

At the moment, there isn't really a working solution for nobody 
as 0.2x works only in some use cases and config combinations 
(yes, you can get quite a long list those in opensync).

So, there should be a big red warning box at the top of the page
stating the facts and telling end users to go away, come back
later. If you're a developer/willing to help in testing, here
are checkout + compilation instructions.

It's better to drive them away directly compared to having 
a lot of people to waste time over and over again to find 
out the current state in hard way. That pisses people off 
which nobody wants.

I'm not saying that we should loose testers actively but we should
put it out clearly and frankly, which isn't the case now.

Daniel, I'd like to hear your comments on this, do you agree?


Br,

Tuju


PS: I've saw a message that fedora maintainer is updating their pkgs.
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