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The 21 July 2009 build (5696) is out.
Alexis:
--- Quote ---I've never used SVN access to the sources and I've never build a binary version myself. Just use the nightly builds, that are advertised in this forum.
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Yes, getting the archive makes SVN unnecessary.
--- Quote ---Maybe they should call them differently and just release them as normal versions, because that's basically what they are.
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No, they are not. Regular "official" releases are usually preceded by alpha, beta and release candidates. There is no evolution anymore, only bug fixing, and software is thoroughly, extensively tested.
With nightly builds, you have bug fixing, but also new features. So you can never be sure you will not face regressions. With official releases, you can expect a quite high confidence level in the soft.
Jenna:
--- Quote from: chikigai on July 24, 2009, 01:30:18 am ---I noticed this from a couple of nightly builds back and filed a bug report which can now be closed:
http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=16032&group_id=5358
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Done, thank you for reminding !
kad77:
--- Quote from: Alexis on July 24, 2009, 12:01:11 pm ---
--- Quote ---Maybe they should call them differently and just release them as normal versions, because that's basically what they are.
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No, they are not. Regular "official" releases are usually preceded by alpha, beta and release candidates. There is no evolution anymore, only bug fixing, and software is thoroughly, extensively tested.
With nightly builds, you have bug fixing, but also new features. So you can never be sure you will not face regressions. With official releases, you can expect a quite high confidence level in the soft.
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You stated my point better than I. Many people don't want to roll the dice with SVN builds (precompiled or not). I assume sometimes CB undergoes minor surgery for new features, making nightlies unstable for a while.
I read the wikipedia article, and it seems 'endless beta' is in the culture here @ CB, but for the sake of users, or to grow potential users consider a 9.08 release that doesn't have blockers or regressions. Thanks for reading. :P
geiermeier:
--- Quote from: Alexis on July 24, 2009, 12:01:11 pm ---No, they are not. Regular "official" releases are usually preceded by alpha, beta and release candidates. There is no evolution anymore, only bug fixing, and software is thoroughly, extensively tested.
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The updates for e.g. TortoiseSVN (which is probably very widely used) are bugfix+feature updates. And everyone gets a new version number and is official. I'd say they're about equal to CB's nightlies even with a similar frequency.
kad77:
--- Quote from: geiermeier on July 24, 2009, 01:03:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: Alexis on July 24, 2009, 12:01:11 pm ---No, they are not. Regular "official" releases are usually preceded by alpha, beta and release candidates. There is no evolution anymore, only bug fixing, and software is thoroughly, extensively tested.
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The updates for e.g. TortoiseSVN (which is probably very widely used) are bugfix+feature updates. And everyone gets a new version number and is official. I'd say they're about equal to CB's nightlies even with a similar frequency.
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Your saying that TortoiseSVN's managed tested, formal point releases are the same as the nightly build dumps done here? Perhaps you should reconsider your statement. I'd encourage you to read two pages: http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads && http://tortoisesvn.net/status
Take note of the changelogs, release notes, nightly build policy, their release history-- Notice the alpha, beta, and RCs in there.
If anything, the CB user community would be far better served by following the TortoiseSVN release management structure. Sorry for being repetitive here. I wish responses to the logic of my suggestion were more prevalent than those dismissing it, or rationalizing the current SVN dumps.
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