Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Win XP Daily master build

Hi,

On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Pedro wrote:
> Tom wrote:
> > If you want greater stability then the official releases are better.

Missed...  ;)

> > I think the daily builds are pre-release and only really for testing
> > purposes? I agree about fundamentally broken ones being removed but isn't
> > it part of the process?  ie you find how something is broken and then
> > someone finds a way to fix it?  Without the build it might not be clear
> > that there is a breakage or what has caused it.
>
> Yes, daily builds are meant for testing purposes.
>
> If there was a scenario in which it would work for some people but not for
> others then it would be worth leaving them online in order to narrow down
> what circumstances prevented it from working on some PCs but not on others.
>
> But since these builds are not working AT ALL and this is known, I believe
> it is better to pull them off. There is no point in additional people
> downloading them to find out that they are broken :)

I agree with you.
It is a lot  of work to test/verify the bugfixes, enhancements and new features;
to write bug reports, and to test again...

So downloading, installing and testing completely malfunctioning
master builds--again and again--will demotivate QA contributors.

The last acceptable master build (for me) on
http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/Windows_XP_SP3/master/
has been the version 2011-09-12_16.09.34/
(and before: the now removed version 2011-09-06_02.34.59).

Please take into account
(as far as I remeber):

(1) The master builds
2011-09-09_19.24.47/
2011-09-10_23.04.28/
2011-09-13_20.44.55/
are nearly unusable due to
Bug 40902 - FILEOPEN CRASH with trivial lorem ipsum text document
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40902
(partially also FILESAFE CRASH).

(2) The master builds
2011-09-22_20.23.05/
2011-09-24_00.41.37/
fail to start any LibO application.

(3) The failing master builds on
http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/Voreppe_Win32_Tinderbox/
are now removed.

mjk

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Mu
http://xkcd.com/815/

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