AW: load URL is broken in 8.1.4

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

I forgot my final question: Have you made similar experiences or is it only
me and how do you handle this permanent hazard of regression bugs?
Tiemo

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Betreff: load URL is broken in 8.1.4

Hello,

For my automatic update mechanism I am downloading a zip file from a web
server, extracting the zip file and starting the downloaded update.

I am doing this since years, without having changed anything in my code. Now
in 8.1.4, Windows 10 this load URL downloads a "broken/corrupted" empty zip
file, which breaks my whole update process. In 8.1.4 rc1 this still has
worked and in 8.1.5 it seems to work again without any changes in my code or
the zip file. I didn't tested yet 8.1.6 and 9.

I had done a minor change in my program, completely far off the download
handler and just build a new standalone for a new CD production and thought
I'll take the "stable" release 8.1.4 instead of the last build with 8.1.4
rc1 for the new production. Because it was only a minor bug fix in my
program and I only switched from 8.1.4 to 8.1.4 rc1 I didn't tested each and
every possible feature of my program, before going into the production of a
new release. Only by a great chance I discovered that my update process is
broken. If I would have sold this new CD production, I would never have been
able to update my program again, because the update process would have been
broken.

In all the years working with RunRev/LiveCode I never have experienced so
many, frequently regression bugs as in LC 8. I had at least 10-20 regression
bugs in LC 8, since switching from 6.7. Almost in each single release
candidate and each general release there are new regression bugs of old and
common features so that it is a game of hazard to use a new release. I have
no idea, what is going on behind the scenes in Edinborough, if it is related
to the open source development, so that everybody can create regression
bugs, but this isn't anymore a reliable software development. The complete
responsibility is passed to us.

Sorry, but I am really pissed off and my trust in every new release has
dropped to zero.

Tiemo

 

 

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