Interviewed by CNN on 28/09/2011 03:45, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) told the world: > > > Justin Wood (Callek) wrote: > > > On 9/27/2011 8:35 PM, NoOp wrote: > > >> Why aren't the Windows 2.4b3 versions that are on the beta channel > >> showing an update with Help|Check for update? > >> > >> If the user was testing 2.4b3, and that version is no longer beta, it > >> would seem logical to upgrade to 2.4 final - even if the beta channel is > >> set. > >> ... > > > > It was deemed for Firefox not to upgrade from "last beta" to "release", I > decided to follow suit. > > I will be building 2.5b1 ASAP, and our b3 will upgrade to that. > > I am not a beta tester, so blissfully unaffected by this. > However, from the perspective of an impartial outsider, a > decision by the Firefox team to disable an auto-update from > "last beta" to "release" would seem mildly insane, and for > a Seamonkey developer to then follow suit would seem terminally so !
No, I think in fact it makes sense. Consider: - Whoever is in the Beta channel is supposed to get (what eles?) betas. Not nightlies, not Auroras... and not releases either. - It's a matter of consistency; if you send release to the beta channel, by the same logic you should send betas to the aurora channel and aurora to the nightly channel. Which, frankly, would be a mess. - In most cases, the last beta is identical to the release version anyway. - And, finally, the first beta of the new version *should* follow very shortly on the heels of the release version. So introducing the "release" version in the update would mean beta testers get the release (which doesn't add anything new for them) for just a few hours before having to update again. -- MCBastos This message has been protected with the 2ROT13 algorithm. Unauthorized use will be prosecuted under the DMCA. -=-=- ... Sent from my Coleco Adam. *Added by TagZilla 0.066.2 running on Seamonkey 2.4 * Get it at http://xsidebar.mozdev.org/modifiedmailnews.html#tagzilla _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
