I understand everyone's viewpoint about public releases, but i also understand that there are many people who would like to use or try these new features and wont complain about bugs. I use the xbmc beta dvdplayer and although it crashes sometimes, i haven't complained once. I would also like to be able to try the linksbox integration, and i wouldn't complain about it but i'm not able to compile it myself. I personally try to help people on the AV forum as much as possible and have tried to make a helpful tutorial that was pinned about home made VGA cables. i understand the concern for keeping this project somewhat private, but it would be wonderfull if there was a way for people to earn some type of status that allowed them access to these beta projects.
my friend (who runs a much smaller site) grants certain people alpha keys who he knows wont complain. its probably unreasonable for this to happen, but if there were alpha only sections (and there might be) and mods could allow people in and kick them out as well, that would be great. maybe this is the wrong place to say this.
I also haven't been here too long, so if you want to hold that against me thats fine. i use the seach feature constantly (although it works not so well), and i've read this whole intire thread.
