LC8

[Peter TB Brett]

On 2015-10-07 08:37, Richmond wrote:
> On 07/10/15 02:45, Peter Haworth wrote:
>> Thanks.  I believe the plugin problem was discovered in LC8 dp5 so 
>> sounds
>> like will be OK in dp6.
> 
> Back to the Future: we currently have a DP7 build:
> 
> "We’ll aim to continuously build LiveCode 8.0.0-dp-7 candidates, and
> make them available for you to download. No need to wait and wait for
> your bug to be fixed – just make sure that you’re always working from
> the latest version"
> 
> Usual exaggeration: exactly 2 builds: 
> http://downloads.livecode.com/global-jam/

Believe me, we were continuously building.  Or builds 2-3 hours to 
complete.  We made about 7 builds; 5 of them had serious bugs in them, 
and we decided that it wouldn't be a good idea to make them public.

The live builds were actually very useful during the Global Jam.  We 
were able to confirm with people who'd reported bugs that our fixes 
actually worked for them.  Totally worthwhile, in my opinion.  It also 
reinforced that we do need to increase the level of automation in our 
testing and releasing process.

Even 6 months ago, it was taking us *2 days* to do a single build and 
release.  We've come a long way since then, wouldn't you agree?

We're just kicking of the final 8.0.0-dp-7 release build, and if it 
passes our full QA tests we'll be releasing it today.

                                 Peter

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LiveCode Open Source Team

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