But you are forcing your users hand, which is never a good thing. They may need more time, or lack the resources to continually upgrade.
I tent to give users choice, and as much as possible build the app forward compatible (get the Model(VC) right from the beginning, it means A LOT). You can't do it always, but shirking that responsibility to the user, by having them HAVE TO upgrade, is just bad form, again this is just MHO. > Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:46:57 -0400 > To: scott_r...@elevated-dev.com; eezac...@xs4all.nl > From: sgs-li...@codewell.com > CC: cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com > Subject: Re: recomendations for creating a beta with date to expire > > At 8:35 AM -0600 8/15/11, Scott Ribe wrote: > >Generally, but closed betas are the one case where expirations > >really make sense. It is after all a beta, and you do not want > >someone still running the beta a year after the actual release, just > >because the person who was your contact for testing forgot where all > >he installed it. > > I'm had good luck just using a dumb date check and telling users they > can set their clock back to get around it if need be. > > My goal to force users to test new betas rather than use the first > one that works for them and to prevent having to support old betas > left in the field. > > (I have had bugs introduced late in the beta cycle ship because no > one was testing the later betas) > > -Steve > _______________________________________________ > > 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/shashaness%40hotmail.com > > This email sent to shashan...@hotmail.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
