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6/22/2006 5:17 AM
 
Rob Ingram

Joined: 9/2/2005
Posts: 62
Hi,

Could somebody clarify for me once and for all whether the current 4.3.1 Release Candidate is a RC in the usual sense or a full release?  There seem to be conflicting messages on these forums with some members of the core team saying that a DNN "Release Candidate" is traditionally a full release but others talking of a future "Gold" release.

I don't mean this to sound critical.  However, there are some fixes in this release that I need but I don't want to upgrade only to find that I have to go through the whole process again in a few days time.

Thanks,

    Rob.
 
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6/22/2006 8:24 AM
 
Nina M


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Joined: 1/23/2004
Posts: 1961

A release candidate as I have been explained is one that is not a full release.  A couple of times I have seen that even with thorough testing, a couple of things have been overlooked and need to be rectified straight away, but generally if you've just done a build or upgrade using it, that next upgrade really doesn't have the same risks or concerns from other different numbered builds.

In this instance for example - the Link selection in the FTB editor was missing important code which left the user, when adding a link, coming up to errors in the page. This is an example of why it was important to release an update as soon as possible.

The general consensus lately has been that with the benefactors on board, there has been more thorough testing, and the releases are getting better.

I hope this clarifies it now - since Shaun Walker did put on the downloads page - Release Candidate - which is different from the other builds - and hopefully will help people in making decisions at which point to upgrade.

Nina Meiers

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6/22/2006 8:40 AM
 
Rob Ingram

Joined: 9/2/2005
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Absolutely that clears things up.  I didn't mean to be a pain but reading around the forums there are people saying that a DNN "release candidate" is actually a full release (though checking again I was wrong to say that members of the core team are saying this).  It put enough doubt in my mind to want a definitive statement.

Thanks,

Rob.
 
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6/22/2006 11:51 AM
 
brian

Joined: 1/22/2004
Posts: 793

How was it with such testing.. something 'simple' was overlooked?  Maybe this can be used as an example to improve testing.   Did the testing involve test cases?

In this instance for example - the Link selection in the FTB editor was missing important code which left the user, when adding a link, coming up to errors in the page. This is an example of why it was important to release an update as soon as possible.
 
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