>What is the timeline for the final release of version 5 ? Usually Open-source projects are released when ready. Being a long-time contributor, I believe releasing v5.0 will take another 2-3 weeks.
For example whole v4.1 BETA cycle until 4.1.0 release was only 3 weeks. Why ? Because even 4.1.0-BETA1 was already fairly stable, and despite deep tests, I could not find many bugs. About v5.0 cycle: It is a *very* long cycle. Primarily, because v5.0-BETA1 was pre-mature, released very unstable, alpha-quality. And if I can find dozens of bugs in several hours of testing, as I did in v5.0, the situation is very bad. It means, that v5.0 BETA has a lot of bugs at the surface, and also deep inside. in v5.0, bugs were so pervasive, that I was able to find bugs in nearly every single component of VirtualBox, VMM, 3D graphics, GuestAdditions, Drag-n-Drop, VBoxSVC, new Scaling, encryption, detachable VM, USB 3, Seamless mode, SATA hot-plug, you-name-it... and several bugs in many of those areas. Total amount of issues I found may be over 50. But it is improving with BETA4 and RC1. ======= So why 2 weeks vs 3 months ? 2 weeks for 4.1 BETA cycle, because it was mostly stable on day-1. vs 3-months 5.0 BETA cycle - due to early release of 5.0-BETA1 (should be called v5.0-ALPHA1 in my opinion), buggy in multiple areas. ======= v5.0 cycle is already like 3 months long, and it is mostly Drag-n-Drop bugs still holding the release. I hope it will be fixed in few weeks time. -- -Alexey Eromenko "Technologov" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Monitor 25 network devices or servers for free with OpManager! OpManager is web-based network management software that monitors network devices and physical & virtual servers, alerts via email & sms for fault. Monitor 25 devices for free with no restriction. Download now http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/292181274;119417398;o _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
