My question was mainly about the risk of introducing a bug through use of the beta that I only discover later when the product is nearly done, long after it has been moved to the release version of 2.5.

Oh, well, I am courageous, bold and daring (and maybe a little bit stupid). What's more I am not facing any special deadline on this work so...

>>we could all benefit from having as much work as possible being done with the beta release, so please do use it when you can.

I will continue to use the beta ;-0 Of course, if I have to redo work as a consequence, then Yves can always say "I told you so."

Thanks.

Marian
On Aug 23, 2004, at 11:53 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:

Marian Petrides wrote:

I'm starting to prototype a new app and would like to do it using Rev 2.5 if possible (mainly to increase my familiarity with the changes in 2.5--none of its new features are required for this app). My sense is that 2.5b2 is stable enough to use for this purpose but I wonder what others think.
Should I just stick to 2.1.2 for now or prototype in 2.5b2?

Based on experience with beta from a variety of vendors, the rules in my shop are:


- be prepared for new features to be absent from the final release
- be prepared for behavioral changes of new features between
  beta and final
- never ship any commercial work with a beta

But if you're only prototyping at the moment, we could all benefit from having as much work as possible being done with the beta release, so please do use it when you can.

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 Richard Gaskin
 Fourth World Media Corporation
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