The beta was valuable in my view, but it did not last long enough. More timer for user feedback, i.e. a month or so, would have been much more useful. After all, the only real reason for a beta release is just that: get it out to users and use their feedback to get rid of bugs.

Regards,
Mike


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>In this case the Linux beta installer had a serious problem, which was
>not noticed until the real release.  From my pov the beta achieved
>noting but additional work.
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I strongly agree with this releasing schedule...It shall contribute to help 
new users and risk takers to choose their version...But, I think that it is 
important that all the platforms be available...At least, the most used 
since it is not all users that compile their Csound....

/mdd

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From: "Oeyvind Brandtsegg" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 9:29 AM
To: "Developer discussions" 
Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] sourceforge Downloads info

> I do agree that beta releases are a good idea,
> so new users can safely install a slightly older and stable version.
> This will ease the way for new and inexperienced users. Currently,
> even some of the older releases do have some quirks (if I remember
> correctly), but once the release schedule is on track we will always
> have a "latest stable" release to recommend to new users.
>
> I would propose a month of prior notice for a beta release, and a
> month of beta testing. This admittedly slows down the release cycle,
> but will allow everyone ample time to finish and test the releases.
> So, as an example, we could say:
>
> (sometime this week, continuing until May 1st)
> Csound 5.09 "alpha versions for different platforms as the become ready"
>
> (May 1st)
> Csound 5.09 "beta release for all platforms, all at the same time"
>
> (June 1st)
> Csound 5.09 official release
>
> Meanwhile, work on 5.10 will most probably continue on the side of the
> release schedule. Is this going to create a lot of trouble with CVS
> forking and things like that ? Sorry if there are issues involved that
> I do not understand fully.
> The result of my proposition will create a time lag of 2 months for
> new features (from initial implementation until official release), but
> hey, it's only 2 months ... and meanwhile the official Csound release
> can be stable and predictable for all platforms.
>
> best
> Oeyvind
>
> 2008/3/24, Michael Gogins :
>> The beta was valuable in my view, but it did not last long enough. More 
>> timer for user feedback, i.e. a month or so, would have been much more 
>> useful. After all, the only real reason for a beta release is just that: 
>> get it out to users and use their feedback to get rid of bugs.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: jpff 
>> >Sent: Mar 24, 2008 3:57 AM
>> >To: Developer discussions 
>> >Cc: csound-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
>> >Subject: Re: [Cs-dev] sourceforge Downloads info
>> >
>> >In this case the Linux beta installer had a serious problem, which was
>> >not noticed until the real release.  From my pov the beta achieved
>> >noting but additional work.
>> >==John ffitch
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