From david.meyer at wu-wien.ac.at  Fri Nov  4 21:48:40 2005
From: david.meyer at wu-wien.ac.at (David Meyer)
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 21:48:40 +0100
Subject: [Rd]  Alpha and Beta testing of R versions
Message-ID: <20051104214840.28fda9e8.david.meyer@wu-wien.ac.at>


[...]

> Maybe we (the R-foundation) should give serious thoughts to
> offer prizes for valid bug reports during alpha and beta
> testing.  These could include
> - Reduced fee for 'useR' and 'DSC' conferences
> - being listed as helpful person in R's 'THANKS' file
>  {but that may not entice those who are already listed},
>  or even in the NEWS of the new relase 
>  or on the "Hall of fame of R beta testers"

... formalized as a bug finding contest, for example?

-d



[Rd] Alpha and Beta testing of R versions
David Meyer