JJZolx Wrote: > In other words, a fairly important, long awaited release was sent out > the door with known bugs left unfixed. > > I've been running SVN/nightlies for months and prior to 6.2's release, > the beta software _was_ very solid, with the occasional small breakage > here and there. Ironically, all the untested, last minute attempted > fixes that were slid in has made the official release much less so. > > There's no reason 6.2 had to be released in conjunction with the > Squeezebox 3, other than for PR. Funny how even in a little geek > company like Slim Devices the marketing department drives the > engineering department. > > I'd recommend waiting for 6.2.1.
At the risk of starting off a firestorm, I'll just throw in that I've upgraded to 6.2 (I waited for the "official" release) and haven't regretted it. The Various Artists feature works excellently for me, I'm really pleased to have it. Random Play is great. I've had no new issues, except for some slowness which has been discussed elsewhere. And, given the speed at which this software moves, I have absolutely no problem with slim releasing something with a few errors in it - there is always a tradeoff between functionality and stability, there is no perfect answer. If someone finds that there is a killer defect in 6.2 for them - there is an easy rollback to 6.1.1. Finally, who should be in charge of a engineering company - marketing or engineering? Answer - marketing, every time (I should add I speak as someone with extensive experience of both...). Just a thought... Ceejay -- ceejay _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
