AW: load URL is broken in 8.1.4

panagiotis merakos panos.merakos at livecode.com
Mon Jul 31 08:14:17 EDT 2017


Hi Tiemo,

The "load url" call does use tsNet if you are on Indy or Business. In fact
every network-related operation does use tsNet on Indy and Business.
Moreover, the tsNet external was updated in LiveCode 8.1.4 rc2 (to fix bug
http://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19026), so it quite possible
that this update has caused the regression you experienced in 8.1.4 stable.

For reference, those are the tsNet versions that are included in the LC
recent versions:

LC 8.1.4 rc-1 : tsNet 1.2.7
LC 8.1.4-rc-2 until 8.1.4 stable: tsNet 1.2.8
LC 8.1.5 stable: tsNet 1.2.9
LC 8.1.6 rc-1 until 8.1.6 stable (to be released very soon): tsNet 1.2.10

When a LC release includes a new tsNet version, this is mentioned in the
release email.

So I would guess that tsNet 1.2.9 has caused this bug for you in 8.1.4,
which was fixed in tsNet 1.2.10 (included in LC 8.1.5).

Best regards,
Panos
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On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
> thank you for your explanations. What I can understand are the regressions
> switching from 6 to 7/8, because of widely new underlying architecture and
> components. That was a huge step. There I had a lot of sympathy. What is
> much more harder to understand and acceptable are the regressions within
> version 8. I would think that there is not such a general exchange of
> components under the hood from 8.1.4rc1 to 8.1.4, which would make a total
> test of every detail necessary. My first idea was a bug in tsNet.dll, but
> this "load URL" bug is not caused by the different versions of tsnet, but
> definitively by LC 8.1.4.
> Tiemo
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
> Auftrag von Mark Waddingham via use-livecode
> Gesendet: Montag, 31. Juli 2017 13:41
> An: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Cc: Mark Waddingham <mark at livecode.com>
> Betreff: Re: AW: load URL is broken in 8.1.4
>
> I don't think there is anyway we can deny that the transition from 6.x to
> 7.x caused a lot of regressions.
>
> This is why we have a strict policy of handling maintenance releases now -
> i.e. we work very hard to ensure each maintenance version is strictly
> better than before.
>
> I know of a number of users who have had similar difficulties moving from
> 6 straight to 8 - however, barring the occasional error (e.g. The backdrop
> fiasco and the load URL one you mention directly) 8.1.(x+1) has had less
> regressions relative to 6 - and no regressions relative to 8.1.x.
>
> Also (as far as we can) regressions relative to older versions get very
> high priority in our bug fixing queue.
>
> So things might not yet be perfect but I'd hope that everyone can see that
> we've made great strides (indeed, we've made good progress on fixing issues
> which have been around a lot longer recently - even back to the very early
> days of the MetaCard engine).
>
> No-one likes encountering regressions - however in a system as complex and
> broad as ours they are often unavoidable.
>
> Every one sees a different view of the elephant so to speak - and we try
> to act as quickly as we can when issues are reported (usually seeeing them
> fixed in the next maintenance release).
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Mark.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 31 Jul 2017, at 12:27, Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im
> > Auftrag von Tiemo Hollmann TB via use-livecode
> > Gesendet: Montag, 31. Juli 2017 11:16
> > An: LiveCode User Liste senden <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> > Cc: Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolbook at kestner.de>
> > 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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