On Aug 15, 2011, at 1:28 AM, Ron Hunsinger wrote: > > On Aug 15, 2011, at 12:08 AM, Charles Srstka wrote: >> Really? Surely there are better uses of your time than trying to track down >> an old bug in an expired beta version that people aren’t even supposed to be >> able to run anymore. > > Isn't the purpose of a beta to uncover bugs for you to track down? If a bug > is reported the day before the beta expires, do you really want to > self-impose a one-day time limit to track it down? Even if no one is running > that beta, all of its bugs are potentially still in the next version, but may > well manifest themselves differently, so sample data and steps-to-reproduce > and especially crash reports have to be applied against the version they were > reported with.
Hence just *one* of the reasons to use a version control system and tag/label *all* of the builds released outside of the immediate development team. Then, all you need to do to reproduce the product at that point in time is go back to that tagged version, rebuild, and try to reproduce the problem. At that point you have control over your beta expiration date, and can debug the actual problem with that source handy. -- Glenn L. Austin, Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <>< <http://www.austin-soft.com> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
