Here is my theory… I know that Xcode is used internally at Apple, but not always the same versions we get. I know that Xcode 3.x was still used internally by a lot of teams for some time after Xcode 4.x was pushed on us in the consumer side. Now that Xcode 4.3 is pushing LLDB on us with project level warnings (I RAGE that I can't turn that off), even though LLDB is packed full of bugs, I know Apple has a version that still uses GDB by default. Even at WWDC, the Xcode preview we got was different than the Xcode that was used on stage (menus and buttons in different locations than we get).
So I think sometimes we are the Guinea pigs because internally teams do not always use the latest new shinny versions of the same tools we get. Our radars knock out the bugs faster than they do internally at Apple. Not by some grand intention either. Internal teams don't fall under the same rules we do for what version of Xcode we have to use to get into the App Stores. The different teams at Apple can mandate older or other internal builds and never have to drive to use an updated version until later. This is all theory but it's an educated one. -- Zac Bowling On Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 5:27 AM, H. Miersch wrote: > > Xcode is used exhaustively within Apple, > > > makes you think that they have an incentive to get it right, right? so what's > the problem? > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com > (mailto: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 > (http://lists.apple.com) > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/zac%40zacbowling.com > > This email sent to z...@zacbowling.com (mailto:z...@zacbowling.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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
