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

Bob Arnson bob at firegiant.com
Mon May 7 10:00:49 PDT 2018


It's 2018 -- is the idea of "release" so vital now?

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From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Rob Mensching via wix-devs
Sent: Monday, 7 May, 2018 12:56
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Subject: Re: [wix-devs] "Weekly" builds? Not so much.

Interesting. Problem is "snapshot" immediately takes me to Virtual Machines.

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From: wix-devs <wix-devs-bounces at lists.wixtoolset.org> On Behalf Of Michael Urman via wix-devs
Sent: Monday, May 7, 2018 6:07 AM
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Subject: Re: [wix-devs] "Weekly" builds? Not so much.

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
> Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2018 1:12 AM
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> Cc: Blair Murri <osito at live.com>
> Subject: Re: [wix-devs] "Weekly" builds? Not so much.
>
> "development builds"
>
>
>
> Sent from my Windows 10 phone
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> 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
> > > _______________________________________________________________
> > > FireGiant  |  Dedicated support for the WiX toolset  |
> > http://www.firegiant.com/
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