On 5-Nov-05, at 5:16 PM, Pat Farrell wrote:
On Sat, 2005-11-05 at 17:01 -0800, Bonesteel wrote:
If Slim Devices published performance metrics for each release that we
could review it might make it easier to judge if we're willing to take
the risk of an upgrade.
I don't work for SD, I'm just a happy user, but I think
that it is prudent to approach new releases from nearly
any vendor with caution. I never install a new OS from Microsoft
until the first service pack is out. I let someone else
got the pioneer's arrows.
Just because something new is available, there is no reason
to install it unless you are unhappy with your installed version.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
As a volunteer developer, AND a user, I suffer from the same
frustration of broken builds (sometimes after an update right before
sleep time)
I also see the pressure to release ("why do we have to keep downloading
nightly builds?")
There are always a number of people who try a nightly, see something
wrong and uninstall it without saying a thing. On release, someone else
gets burned.
That being said, at every release, I've wished that there were NO
changes for several days on a beta release. Let it get out to those
who test, CLOSE bug reports on anything aside from that beta (avoid the
clutter). Then spend a few days taking specific reports and cleaning
out issues. The downside is that it requires patience from both users
and marketing. Not always easy to do, and this wouldn't be the first
place I've seen these problems. There are valid reasons for some
software providers not releasing product updates for months, if not
years.
-k
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