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Re: Distributing unstable Windows binaries


From: c.
Subject: Re: Distributing unstable Windows binaries
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 22:24:15 +0200

On 14 Jul 2014, at 10:59, c. <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> I think the main issue with distributing unstable binaries is that they are, 
> well ... unstable ;)
> It's true that the more people use the pre-release version the more (possibly 
> useful) bug reports
> can be produced, but if new binaries are not produced often, these reports 
> are probably going to be
> about the same bugs which are not being fixed over and over again.
> Maybe if someone could find a way to automate production of nightly snapshot 
> builds that would change,
> but then we might sometimes get nightly builds that fail or introduce new 
> bugs.
> 
> just my .2€
> 
> c.

Actually, all arguments that have been put forward in this discussion, seem to 
me as good reasons
for making more releases more often rather than for distributing "unstable" 
binaries.

c.


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