On Apr 8, 2007, at 10:29 AM, Thom McGrath wrote: > Pretty much... yes. On the beta list, it is advised that we don't use > the betas for development, backup projects, etc. etc. etc. There have > been reports of projects getting destroyed, features get pulled, and > bugs appear. So nobody actually develops using the betas because it > would be suicide. So in general, we make a backup, open it in the > beta, compile and run, and test some things. If a bug appears, we > file it. But this misses most bugs.
Does it? We develop using the betas, mindful that they are betas, because we have to figure out what's working and what's not. According to a factoid in "Code Complete 2", large-scale beta testing like the RS program is thought to catch up to 85% of bugs. Charles Yeomans _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
