I wasn’t writing against improvement if you read my writing carefully. I was simply pointing out that carefully reading all of Elektron’s info on the beta program tells you how bug reporting works right now, and also they tell you that running betas will probably give you more issues than not running betas.
I too would like a better system, sure.
I was simply pointing out there is a system. You said there wasn’t one in your first post. You have since said (to paraphrase), that ok, there is one, but it isn’t good. I agree, there is a lot of room for improvement.
So we are all in agreement here now that I understand you know there is a system for this, however disappointing.
My other point was that they originally spelled it out what you get in the beta, which is an unstable release. As a software developer myself, betas are almost always more unstable than the released products (even if the released product is buggy too). The page where we can download beta firmware has this clear disclaimer (I bolded the stability point as it wasn’t originally bolded):
This is a public beta, as opposed to a stable release. As a result, we encourage you to submit any queries or issues to our support channels. The public beta will continue until we are in a position to release a stable version. Make sure you read the manual, the topic How to report issues and the section below with Known Issues.
What I really don’t like is that disclaimer is NOT on the current beta firmware page, only the original one from April. So that is not ok either.