[Evangelism] Good way to scare new users off

[Érico Andrei]

Hi,

On 08/07/2012, at 10:36, Jan Ulrich Hasecke wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> are we counting the downloads of UnifiedInstaller packages from plone.org?
> 
> If the answer is yes, we now have the number of new users scared off.
> https://dev.plone.org/ticket/13025

Taking care of it.

(We have yet to release the 10.5 and 10.6 Mac Installer for 4.2 and 4.1.6, so the UnifiedInstaller should be working)

> I am sorry for this rant, but releasing a UnifiedInstaller which fails
> to install on Mac OS X is a good way to scare new users off.
> 
> Is it possible to have a checklist entry (UnifiedInstaller tested by
> at least three users on each platform) before releasing?
> 
> We advertise Plone to be easy to install and easy to try out. We can
> stop doing this if Plone does not install at all.


That is a valid point. I'll get back to the Installers Team to discuss our processes and see what can be improved.

best,
ea
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