LC Commercial Update

[larry at significantplanet.org]

Thank you Richard,
That is a very good point.

And thanks to Mark Schonewille for explaining how to turn off the update 
message.

Larry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Gaskin" <ambassador at fourthworld.com>
To: <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: LC Commercial Update


> larry wrote:
>
> > It doesn't do any good to update to a new full of bugs IDE and waste
> > time programming.
>
> That's exactly why working with these interim releases is so important.
>
> After all, if no one tested that would only guarantee bugs won't be found 
> until after release.
>
> Even if you don't intend to deploy with a given release, testing the free 
> Community Edition helps ensure that the issues that are important to your 
> apps can be identified and addressed before we get to a version you would 
> consider upgrading to.
>
> I used to put off testing myself, hoping others would do it for me.  But 
> over time I've found that all that does is prevent me from taking 
> advantage of a new feature I need because I didn't catch a regression 
> issue that was critical for my app.  I've learned.  I don't do that 
> anymore.
>
> These days I always work with the latest test build, and use any older 
> version only at build time, and even then only in specific and ever-fewer 
> cases.
>
> The changes in the v6 series may seem minor in terms of bullet points, but 
> there's a lot going on under the hood, so regression potential really 
> needs our attention.
>
> V7 will be even more sweeping, so even those who don't intend to use any 
> new build until then will want to use the free Community Edition of v6 to 
> help ensure we have a solid baseline to work with for v7.
>
> V6.6.0 rc2 is available here:
> <http://downloads.livecode.com/livecode/>
>
> I hope everyone will jump on this and make it the most stable build yet.
>
> --
>  Richard Gaskin
>  Fourth World
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