Orca ff3 testing platform

Hello,
Many of the problems cited in messages on this list seem to
relate back 
to machines 
running  different variants of linux and I suppose solaris. 
So during 
this period of ff3 testing would it be helpful for users and
developers 
to decide on a common platform?  Once the testing phase were
reasonably 
stable on the given platform, testing could be expanded to
alternative 
distros.

This is obviously not a complete solution because it does
not take into 
account the variation in hardware, but it would reduce the
vagueries 
introduced by software differences.  

lorenzo's experience is a perfect example of what I am
talking about.  
He thought that upgrading to Feisty was a good thing because
he would 
receive the advantages
the 2.18 gnome packages.  But the ff3 developers are
apparently testing 
on some other software platform.  

I don't want to open up the "which is the best
distro" debate, but I 
would like to see a particular one endorsed for ff3 and orca
testing.  
If making such a policy statement would place the orca team
in an 
uncomfortable position, we could at least have some informal
feedback 
on this list from testers' experiences using a variety of
distros.

Chris
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Hi Chris,
in my view this is not very practicable. What about those
people running
the "wrong" platform? Shouldn't they test at all,
or shall they do it
"just for fun"?
I think that a detailed report is more useful; this of
course should
include the used Linux distro.
Regards
Hermann


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