[wix-devs] "Weekly" builds? Not so much.

[Michael Urman]

If you're just looking for a term, I've seen "snapshot" match the usage
you've described. That could become "daily snapshot" or "weekly snapshot"
with no loss of meaning.

On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 10:39 PM Rob Mensching via wix-devs <
wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:

> I agree "pre-release build" could be misconstrued. I'm not big on
> "development build". I haven't found many uses of it. In one case
> "development build" meant extra debug information is enabled (DEBUG
> build?). In another case I found: These development builds, often called
> "pre-release" builds, are what will eventually lead to the final version.
>
> Which leads me back to "pre-release build". Heh.
>
> Additional thoughts?
>
>
> Regards,
>
>   Rob Mensching
>   CEO
>   FireGiant
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Blair
> Murri via wix-devs
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> Subject: Re: [wix-devs] "Weekly" builds? Not so much.
>
> "development builds"
>
>
>
> Sent from my Windows 10 phone
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>
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> From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> on behalf of Edwin
> Castro via wix-devs <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> Sent: Friday, May 4, 2018 2:43:52 PM
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> Cc: Edwin Castro
> Subject: Re: [wix-devs] "Weekly" builds? Not so much.
>
> I agree 'pre-release' could also be misinterpreted. Anything with the term
> 'release' in it will likely be misinterpreted.
>
> How about something like 'development <may contain bugs or other
> undesirable effects> builds'? I'm only half joking ...
>
> --
> Edwin G. Castro
>
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 11:37 AM, Rebecca Cran via wix-devs <
> wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
>
> > Could the term 'pre-release' be misinterpreted to mean builds that are
> > past beta and in the final stages before release?
> >
> > Rebecca
> >
> > Sent from my phone
> >
> > > On May 4, 2018, at 12:24 PM, Bob Arnson via wix-devs <
> > wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > +1
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of
> > > Rob
> > Mensching via wix-devs
> > > Sent: Friday, 4 May, 2018 14:16
> > > To: WiX Toolset Developer Mailing List
> > > <wix-devs at lists.wixtoolset.org>
> > > Cc: Rob Mensching <rob at firegiant.com>
> > > Subject: [wix-devs] "Weekly" builds? Not so much.
> > >
> > > So, we're clearly not rolling out weekly builds right now. Also, I
> > dislike the term "weekly build" because it doesn't clearly state "not
> > for production" to everyone. So, I'm wondering if we should change the
> > "weekly releases" terms on the website to "pre-release builds", or
> something better.
> > >
> > > Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >  Rob Mensching
> > >  CEO
> > >  FireGiant
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