Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] explanation/disclaimer of buildbot builds

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi list,

I recently had a question of what the buildbot builds are (in 
particular, for Windoze).  I looked around the site and didn't see any 
detailed explanation so I responded with this:

> The buildbot builds are automated builds of the Ethereal source code.
> For Windoze, what is generated is an installer just like you get with
> one of the releases EXCEPT that there's a reasonable chance nobody has
> ever installed or run the resulting binary so:
>
> - it may not install correctly
> - it may not run correctly
> - it may not remove correctly
> - it may eat your computer, your hard drive, or your dog ;-)
>
> E.g., they are alpha-alpha-alpha quality.
>
> If that presents too much risk for you, you might want to wait for the next release. 

> That being said, I've never had any real trouble with them, but I've only had to use them a couple of times.

That may be a little harsh, but would it make sense to include something 
like that somewhere?