Yes, it is very much appreciated, which is why the shout-out on the 18.09 release announcement!
Since there are so few developers, I get very little feedback (including my own) during development to watch my back. Certainly, some automation of testing will help as well, but only so much, and that requires much development work too. Meanwhile, there are some important features and upgrades I personally want, and I also need to stay motivated.
If I create stable and beta channels for the software delivery, will there be enough users of the betas to still provide that feedback? What about those stable users who are not getting timely bug fixes? Perhaps a goal of quarterly stable releases will be fast enough for that. Then, there’s the problem of how to communicate and promote new features that does not cause confusion. Sure, it compels some to go beta, but I know the web browsers’ approach to these things causes a lot of user confusion and frustration as well. I am open to your thoughts and opinions.