Not LiveCode - Bug code

[J. Landman Gay]

On 12/6/2014, 10:16 AM, Vaughn Clement wrote:
> My suggestion is
> to LiveCode, get a finished full released version that people can use with
> reliability!

Try version 6.6.5, which has been very reliable for me, or 6.7 which is 
stable for most uses. Those are final releases. The others are indeed 
betas that you can ignore until they go final. They are available for 
testing, but if you don't want to do that you don't need to. The 
pre-releases are provided so that developers can know what is coming and 
test their apps against new features, but they are expected to have bugs.

Version 7.0 is a huge rewrite that affects the entire core of the 
engine. Think of it as gutting your entire house and rebuilding from the 
foundation on up. It implements not only unicode, but restructuring the 
entire engine, which touches almost every one of several million lines 
of code. The project is an immense undertaking and will not be bug-free 
for quite some time.

This restructuring is a one-time thing that will allow us to do far more 
than the engine can currently provide. But due to the scope of the 
changes, it will take time to complete. Because users needed Cocoa 
support for Mac, RR introduced that in version 6.7, writing it in tandem 
with the 7.0 overhaul. That way iOS apps could still be developed while 
the larger rewrite was in progress. The two share bug fixes for the 
features they have in common. Once 7.0 is finalized, version 6.7 will no 
longer be necessary.

The short answer is -- avoid the pre-release versions and stick with the 
last stable version if you don't want to be involved in the testing process.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com