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Re: (ASCEND) Re: ascend-users-digest V96 #758
At 06:47 PM 8/21/97 -0500, Michael Paul Lucking wrote:
>On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Jim Howard wrote:
>
>Has Ascend ever heard about regression testing software BEFORE it ships?
>I don't remember a time that Ascend has released software that did not have
>some major bug in it. From what I have seen most bugs are found by the
>system admins in the field. Not by Ascends software developers.
>From http://ftp.ascend.com/pub/Software-Releases/Max/README :
>Incremental Releases - An Incremental Release encompasses all new feature
>enhancements and bug fixes made since the last full release. Since these
>releases have not been fully regression tested (only sanity checked) they
>are not as stable as the patch releases. Incremental Releases are usually
>released by Wednesday of each week for all product lines.
>
>Patch Releases - A Patch Release contains only bug fixes made since the last
>full release which will not affect the stability of the release. Patch
>Releases may not be released on a regular interval.
>
>What does this mean?
>
>If you have a customer needing a fix made in both the patch and the
>incremental release, and stability is what you want, then use the Patch
>Release. If there is a new feature the customer desires or if they have a
>problem fixed in the Incremental Release that a Patch Release does not
>address, then they should use the Incremental Release.
Maybe we could use something like Hayes do on their beta web pages:
>While this code has passed through initial Alpha testing and is believed to
>be stable, you may experience problems when using it. This version of the
>firmware is un-supported so if you have any problems using this revision,
you
>will need to flash your unit to the previous version as we will not be
able to
>assist you while you are running beta code. When the firmware is officially
>released, the final version will be posted both here and on the Hayes FTP
site.
Kevin
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