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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Keep in mind that announcements about the prerelease enable people to have a heads-up if you think it isn't stable. And no one is forced to update.
If you can setup an alpha testing group that would be ideal. If not, it still makes sense to offer things as soon as possible. The prereleases are meant for testing unstable stuff anyway, might as well actually do so and get more testing out of it.
Just give an instability rating on the announcement post.  |
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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh
In case anyone thinks your serious. Signing on to test means that instability is always a possibility.
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Originally Posted by kaufman
I think he meant on a scale of 1 to 10, not as a binary choice.
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Originally Posted by DoctorOhh
I'm not a programmer, but I would think Charles releases versions that he hopes are stable so exactly how would a 1-10 scale fit in?
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I would not make releases where I know of something that doesn't work or that I have never tested. Doing so would be a disservice to the community and would probably create more work than I could possibly save.
The "instability" would instead be in how something is implemented, which might change because of feedback. We have seen several instances of this during other release cycles, and I have sometimes wished that I could have had the feedback earlier.