Re: [Elecraft] Alpha Software

2010-06-02 Thread lstavenhagen
I have to agree that the K3 FW betas are unlike the typical betas - the ones I've tried are cleaner than most companies' release versions of their software hi hi. I do SW test development for a living and you wouldn't believe the broken stuff I have had to deal with, even when it's called RC and

[Elecraft] Alpha Software

2010-05-31 Thread Richard Thorpe
I noticed for the first time a discussion of wonders and glitches of alpha software for the first time on the reflector. Why? R Thorpe AC9D __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help:

Re: [Elecraft] Alpha Software

2010-05-31 Thread Lyle Johnson
I noticed for the first time a discussion of wonders and glitches of alpha software for the first time on the reflector. Why? Occasionally an alpha tester will inadvertently copy the reflector rather than the alpha testers or firmware developers. You can be sure that when firmware is

Re: [Elecraft] Alpha Software

2010-05-31 Thread Don Wilhelm
Richard, Normally, the reflector does not see the testing results of Alpha firmware. In this particular case, the alpha level firmware was sent to a number of folks who requested it, and some of them reported their observations on the reflector. Normally, the alpha firmware is available to