On 28.04.2016 23:36, Sukima wrote: > I don't wish to detract this thread to much from finding a stable build > for Mac users but when that task is complete it leaves a burning > question: How does the Hugin community prevent such a tragedy in the > future?
I think that there is only one way: participation. The sources of the development version of Hugin are freely available and can be compiled by any user on any operating system she or he are interested in. I, for example, do nightly builds for several Ubuntu versions. So whenever something breaks these builds, I can speak up. And I get plenty of help from other builders and Thomas, the main developer, in these cases. This results in much less problems showing up when a release happens. These nightly builds are scripted and run with no interaction required every night. Of course, when something breaks I have to interfere. And as my are targeted towards the Ubuntu crowd, the actual building and distribution is automated, curtsey of the invaluable launchpad.net infrastructure. However, if anyone is interested in the scripts, they are available at https://[email protected]/stefanpeter/nightly4hugin.git Producing nightly builds for your operating system of choice has another benefit: There are much more users involved in beta testing when nightly builds are available. So the overall quality of Hugin increases by following the opensource mantra "release early, release often". Of course, nightly builds of the development version may be broken from time to time. So if you plan to offer these for your operating system of choice, make sure there is a fall back option in the form of a stable version that can be installed. And please communicate this fact to your end users. Regards Stefan Peter -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style for details) -- A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hugin and other free panoramic software" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/hugin-ptx/57262280.9010003%40swissonline.ch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
