> While I'm certain KM0.7 will be worth waiting for, I'd like to see a more
> public development process as in most Linux-flavored projects.
I'm sure the developers would like that, too.
The fact is, though, that it's a *windoze* project, with the potential for not only an orders-of-magnitude *larger* bunch of people downloading it, but also far more, um... varied? can't think of a better euphemism. At any rate, it's disturbing to see people feeling like they're being *denied* access to something just because accessing it has become slightly less than one-click convenient; If you think about it, that's probably a very good illustration of the reasons for putting - hurdles? no... not even that... for setting the beta versions somewhere where people won't stumble over them...
> There'd certainly be less bitching on the Forums.
I suspect it would certainly not be less, maybe more, but definitely of the sort that would keep people who post questions on the forums from getting decent answers (and i'm not saying they always do now) by creating more confusion than anybody who might have the casual impulse to try to help would want to deal with.
I'm not saying the beta testing situation shouldn't bother you, but it's easy to say it should be different, and a little harder to come up with a good structure for making it better... maybe if someone wanted to host an exclusively beta-oriented site, to keep things a little bit organized, maybe the developers would go for that... there's been talk on the list of hosting weekly builds by at least one person... maybe that will happen, i dunno...