Thread: Firmware 3.8.0 released
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Old 08-30-2014, 08:42 AM   #88
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Originally Posted by Nick_1964 View Post
I would not place such things into a permanent firmware, only in a developer environment, leaving them into the final firmware allso make the risk of a crash higher,because they are sometimes like you say,unfinished features but can interfear with the main programs even when buyers don't know they are there and trigger them by accident...
...which is why you have to hook the reader up to a computer and manually edit the config file to turn them on, instead of having a handy menu option.

Leaving these things out of release code usually just isn't an option. Imagine going up to a construction team as they're building a house, complaining that it's not secure because anyone can just walk in through the incomplete walls, and declaring that they can't just LEAVE it that way overnight. Well, yeah, they kind of have to do that. Otherwise, they'd spend half the day building the house, then half the day taking it back apart, nothing (ahem) constructive would get done, and the next thing you know, LEGO wants a cut of the action.
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