I gave a look at the goals they have set themselves the developers for the 3.0 release:
As far as point a) we users can help a lot the devs to identify from which build, there were certain problems (for example, I noticed that from release 6416 onwards fps on my laptop for Mario Kart Wii dropped from 50fps to 30-35fps).
Point b) is unclear and somewhat variable from user to user (at least from what I understand it).
The most challenging are the c) and d) that are very connected. The release of version 3.0 depends on how far they want to go in fixing the issues and what how long it will take to make new features stable.
It may take a lot of time before you get to version 3.0 but in my opinion it's not so important, being able to download the sources and compile them means that in practice every day we have a "version 3.0", we as users can help the developers by going to this page and try to better identify the bugs and versions from which they arise in order to speed up their work by showing them directly the sources of the problem and help them to focus their work where it's needed.
Quote:Tasks:
a) fix all feature regressions
b) get the user experience into the most polished state as possible
c) try to fix as much other issues as possible
d) try to get any added features as stable as possible
As far as point a) we users can help a lot the devs to identify from which build, there were certain problems (for example, I noticed that from release 6416 onwards fps on my laptop for Mario Kart Wii dropped from 50fps to 30-35fps).
Point b) is unclear and somewhat variable from user to user (at least from what I understand it).
The most challenging are the c) and d) that are very connected. The release of version 3.0 depends on how far they want to go in fixing the issues and what how long it will take to make new features stable.
It may take a lot of time before you get to version 3.0 but in my opinion it's not so important, being able to download the sources and compile them means that in practice every day we have a "version 3.0", we as users can help the developers by going to this page and try to better identify the bugs and versions from which they arise in order to speed up their work by showing them directly the sources of the problem and help them to focus their work where it's needed.
My Laptop(Hp Pavilion dv6695el)
CPU: Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2,40GHz lv2 cache 4MB
Chipset: Intel 965GP
RAM: 4096MB (2x 2048MB)
Hard-Disk: 250Gb, 5400rpm
Video: GeForce 8400M GS 128MB
OS: Windows 7 x64
CPU: Core 2 Duo T7700 @ 2,40GHz lv2 cache 4MB
Chipset: Intel 965GP
RAM: 4096MB (2x 2048MB)
Hard-Disk: 250Gb, 5400rpm
Video: GeForce 8400M GS 128MB
OS: Windows 7 x64