I agree with you on most of that, but there are enough goodness in 6.5.1 that I use often, that I am glad not to be waiting for it in a future killer IDE.
Too fast and furious, indeed. There's not enough time to test every pre-existing feature. There needs to be an automated monkey machine to run each new version through. ~Roger On Jan 18, 2014 8:40 AM, "Richmond" <richmondmathew...@gmail.com> wrote: > Recently several problems have come to light with LC 6.5.1; > in fact quite a long time after 6.5.1 was supposed to be a completed > thing; and > one of those things (mouseColor) is "a step backwards". > > Now the question that has to be asked about any release of Livecode in > light of this is > all a bit embarrassing, especially for RunRev. > > ------------------------ > > Before I go any further I should like to point out that I really don't > have any particular axe > to grind as I am currently developing with LC 4.5, which serves all my > needs just now. > > However, come the day when I fell that an upgrade is both highly desirable > and/or unavoidable > (read the word "Unicode" in here somewhere) and I have the money to pay > for it, my axe will > need grinding. > > ------------------------ > > How far should we ever trust what RunRev assures us is a "done deal" when > it comes to a version release? > > ------------------------ > > In the past I have said, in one way or another, "too fast, too furious", > and it seems pretty clear that that is > the case again. > > So, instead of a mad scramble to get out a version 7, a period of > retrenchment would seem called through, with a far longer > period of beta-testing, and a more rigorous one at that. > > ----------------------- > > Looking at RunRev's post fund-raiser history I see an attempt to belt out > as many of the funding goals as quickly as possible; > and that, in one respect is admirable, especially with the feeling that > there might be a lot of "I want what I funded RIGHT NOW" types > slavering at the door. > > In another respect it is beginning to produce an uncomfortable feeling > that ALL releases since 5.5.5 might be of beta quality. > > Now as RunRev already have their mitts of the crowd-sourced money they > don't really have to run hell for leather; > I wonder how I, for one, would go about telling RunRev that as they hadn't > reached all their goals licketty-split they > had to reimburse my money: that is, quite obviously ridiculous; and as I, > for all my acidulated comments, am a > "true believer" in Livecode and the capabilities of RunRev, I would far > rather wait for the "killer IDE" than a succession > of slightly botched jobs. > > I hope that the folk at RunRev realise this posting is NOT meant as a > 'rubbish job', but a bit of friendly advice, which I have > a feeling that quite a few others on this Use-List might be feeling, but, > for various reasons, might not want to state quite so > baldly as I have. > > Richmond Mathewson. > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
