Dear Russ, >> open and transparent QA process. I personally don't see any good >> reason why QA access should not be granted to ppl willing to help out. > > My thoughts. I anticipate that an open QA process would: > - generate bug reports to the main mailing list, > (wrong place) causing reply firestorm of 'is FOO > really broken' and all the echoes that make that list I guess it's not about opening QA completely but to outline how one who is really interested can take part in this process and not to limit the number of participants with 'slots'. Best Regards Marcus