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Re: Warning on unreleased versions.
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John Darrington |
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Re: Warning on unreleased versions. |
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Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:44:33 +0100 |
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On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 02:48:54PM -0800, Ben Pfaff wrote:
I think that an appropriately worded notice can make all of this clear.
For example:
This is a development version of PSPP. Please be alert to the
likely possibility that it contain more bugs than a PSPP release.
If you encounter bugs, please consider reporting them to the PSPP
developers at address@hidden, to enable them to be fixed.
That would be ideal. However it won't fit on the title bar.
A number of people have suggested other possibilities:
1. In the output window after each operation.
I don't think that is a good idea for several reasons: a) It would
break all of our regression tests; b) The user would not see it
until late - possibly until after he encounters a bug - if that bug
causes a crash or a hang - then he won't see it at all.
2. On a translucent overlay permanently superimposed on the window.
Effective, but perhaps too annoying.
3. On a second splash screen which needs to be acknowledged by the user
This would probably work, but would mean extra coding - not only does
that mean work for us, but it also means that what gets tested is not
what gets delivered in a release. I like to test what we deliver, and
deliver what we test.
J'
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- Warning on unreleased versions., John Darrington, 2016/02/26
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Matej Kovacic, 2016/02/26
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Alan Mead, 2016/02/26
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Friedrich Beckmann, 2016/02/26
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Ben Pfaff, 2016/02/27
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions.,
John Darrington <=
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Alan Mead, 2016/02/29
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Ben Pfaff, 2016/02/29
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Alan Mead, 2016/02/29
- Re: Warning on unreleased versions., Mark Hancock, 2016/02/29