Ummm... Eric wrote the e-mail a WEEK before applying them.

*NOBODY* had any objections then.

Also you keep avoiding the question that Aleksey and 15 other asked: HAVE YOU TESTED THIS ACTUALLY BREAKS ANYTHING????

Finally, everyone needs to realize there is a chance of data loss with a pre-alpha OS. I suspect there will be many other changes that will require a destructive re-format. When I was a tester for Windows Whistler betas, every new release required a complete reformat of the disk. Windows Me preview formatted c: when you formatted a:, and a newer beta physically damaged the disk by sending wrong commands to the disk heads.

If you, when testing ReactOS, or any other OS, are expecting anything else than a fatal destruction of your testing rig, and that every release which does not do so is a miracle, you're not an OS tester.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu


On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:44 AM, <caemyr@myopera.com> wrote:
Yes there is a problem

Does anyone care for any suggestions?? Despite ROS being in feature-freeze, pre-release period, such change is simply commited without any consultation.

Since when you should discuss changes AFTER applying them??

This discussion is pointless. I indeed whined too much. I should simply follow other testers we had previously and stop wasting my time. No wonder why we always had few times less testers than devs, if the primer are simply ignored.

Let me stop being rude and disrespectful, by finishing this discussion.

Next time when you be needing regression testing, please email Eric insted.

Regards

On Monday, November 28, 2011 12:29 PM, "Ged Murphy" <gedmurphy.maillists@gmail.com> wrote:
> Instead of rushing in to insult people in the way you did, why not try to
> discuss things.
>
> Firstly, is there actually a problem? You might find that your partitions
> can still be read and this was just a miscommunication.
> If they can't, explain the problem and request that the change be
> reverted
> for now while the problem is further discussed.
>
> Do you have any suggestions on how this change could be better
> integrated?
> You might find that this is one of those all or nothing changes which is
> unavoidable. It's not really a valid argument to stick with deprecated
> technology or configurations just because it disrupts testing rigs.
> Sometimes there's no other way than to make the leap and deal with the
> outcome as best as possible.
>
> I think Eric did everything he needed to notify people that this change
> was
> coming. ReactOS' primary communication medium is the ros-dev mailing
> list,
> and despite what anyone else may think, it's definitely not the
> #reactos-dev
> IRC channel. He notified that the change was coming, there were no
> objections and then the change came some days later. If only more high
> impact changes were done like this.
>
> Lastly, I find it a little petty and completely untrue to say you would
> be
> 'kicked out the next day' or that no one values the time you spend.. You
> know your work on reactos is just as respected and important as anyone
> else's.
>
> Ged.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] On
> Behalf Of caemyr@myopera.com
> Sent: 28 November 2011 11:41
> To: ReactOS Development List
> Subject: Re: [ros-dev] HDD Geometry switch
>
> Was I and my work treated any better? I`m fed up with such selfish
> approach
> in this project. Had I tried to impose such serious change as this one,
> in
> the way it was did here, i would be kicked out the next day.
>
> I spent many months and money collecting hardware to test ReactOS with,
> and
> now i can trash all of it. Same as usual, you expect us testers to be
> waiting on call to to the bloody dirty job, but on the other hand have no
> problems making their work miserable. Yet you dare to bash me for lack of
> respect??
>
> You might not value my time i spend for this project, but i do.
>
> Good day to you all
>
> On Monday, November 28, 2011 10:44 AM, "Ged Murphy"
> <gedmurphy.maillists@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Do you have to work at being this rude and disrespectful or does it just
> > come naturally to you?
> > This is the a great example of why the reactos forums are such a nasty
> > place
> > to visit.
> > You must be quite proud.
>
> --
> With best regards
> Caemyr
>
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