Good Idea Bill.
Kevin Bilbee > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bill Landry > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 4:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] > > > Would it make sense to start building beta documentation at the same time > you release beta code, and create a beta testers web site with the beta > documentation. That way people can provide feed-back on the documentation > as well as the code prior to release. Then, once the beta code > is ready to > be released, your supporting documentation is ready to be placed in the > manual, as well. > > Just a thought... > > Bill > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "R. Scott Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 4:50 PM > Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] > > > > > > > > I understand but there are far too many changes between releases and > > > > many interim releases between betas. Beta is usually a set > of features > > > > and fixes and then a release. With Declude there are new > features with > > > > every beta. Freeze something and release it. > > > > >I have to agree with David > > > > FWIW, the reason we use this unusual beta cycle (where each > beta normally > > both adds new features and fixes bugs, rather than having an > initial beta > > with tons of new features and subsequent betas just fixing bugs) is > because > > we're able to get more features in the product more quickly this way. > > > > With a more traditional beta cycle, you might see a new release followed > by > > a beta with new features 4 months later, followed by 2 months of > bug-fixing > > betas. That means waiting 4 months for new features (and fixes, unless > > patches are created for older versions, which gets tricky), and then a > > 2-month code freeze. With our system, though, there are times > that we've > > added a new feature within hours of it being requested, and have an > interim > > release ready for people to use. > > > > Our system does have its drawbacks, however, as several people have > pointed > > out (the main one being "information overload" -- lots of new features, > but > > no one easily accessible location for information on them). > > > > -Scott > > --- > > Declude JunkMail: The advanced anti-spam solution for IMail mailservers. > > Declude Virus: Catches known viruses and is the leader in mailserver > > vulnerability detection. > > Find out what you have been missing: Ask for a free 30-day evaluation. > > > > --- > > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus > (http://www.declude.com)] > > > > --- > > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
