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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid30"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">Dear Community members!</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1214"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">There was a fair deal of discussion yesterday during our meeting (see,
</span><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z url"><a href="http://merproject.org/meetings/mer-meeting/2014/mer-meeting.2014-06-24-08.44.html%29">http://merproject.org/meetings/mer-meeting/2014/mer-meeting.2014-06-24-08.44.html)</a></span><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">
on two important topics raised by faenil.</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1214"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">I hope the following can clarify and give the expected amount of transparency and insight.</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid292"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">About the Community Beta Program:</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3852"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">I bet it won't be a surprise for any of you but we are currently having such activity with a limited amount of participants.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid4185"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">Just a few Community members whom with we interact closely, getting extremely valuable feedback before we launch our SailfishOS updates to the public.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1286"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">It has remained confidential for multiple reasons but in a nutshell, we still need to improve on infrastructures and processes in order to scale-up gracefully.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3564"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">We are confident that we could do so in a not so distant future, but first, we want to make sure the path is neat and clear for both our Community testers
and us.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3721"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">Loaning a test device, having feedback channels and needed monitoring is, as you can easily imagine, a costly exercise for any small structure.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3563"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">The mention yesterday of cost of operations is at the core of our decisions, and it's not only about the financial aspect of maintaining infrastructure
but getting the most out of any investment we make.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3373"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">Be assured we're committed to bring more of these activities to you, and broaden the scope. The Opt-in way to test single features/patches as well as
the Jolla Launcher </span><span class="author-a-z66zz89zvh61z84zr5hvhlz81zw3">Alpha</span><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z"> testing are here to demonstrate our engagement to get as many of you onboard.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3374"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">From the new-comers to the most seasoned developers, we do it together.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1728"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">Expect more to happen on this very front...</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1765"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">About SailfishOS bugzilla instance:</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid1988"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">We are in a situation where we have multiple input sources to monitor, Nemo & Mer bugzillas, together.jolla.com, git repositories...</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid2406"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">We do have enablers in our internal bugzilla instance to achieve a seamless tracking, and plans to get some automations that will provide more visibility
on our activities.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid2380"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">On this very topic, I invite you to check
</span><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z url"><a href="https://github.com/bayoteers">https://github.com/bayoteers</a></span><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z"> and also evangelize how awesome our bugzilla
extensions are :)</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid2626"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">In this context, we clearly need to evaluate what would be the benefit of a new instance and what would it be used for so the ROI remains as high as possible.</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3375"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">There was a concern that together.jolla.com isn't working for bug reports. </span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3375">Let me assure you that it does, even beyond expectations, because of the tools and process mentioned above that we keep improving.</div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3850"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">So from my personal perspective, before we do deploy another instance for feedback, I'd rather want to see consolidation (which directly relates to the
Nemo</span><span class="author-a-bz77zz89zz83zz67zc9qz66zz87zz65zkz88z7gz90z"> middleware migration to Mer</span><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">).</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3314"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">I would suggest we revisit this topic in the future and focus now on the existing above mentioned channels...</span></div>
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<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3330"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">Cheers,</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3343"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">Eric Le Roux</span></div>
<div class="ace-line" id="magicdomid3371"><span class="author-a-az84zz66zz71zz78zoz72zz84zz122zvve351z84z">Bugzilla & TJC admin @ Jolla</span></div>
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