Re: [Rapideuphoria-develop] Time to release 4.0.1

[Jeremy C. <je...@co...>]

On 2/20/2011 5:58 AM, Shawn Pringle wrote:
> I agree we should be testing the install file among ourselves before 
> we put it on the web for the general public.  This means posting a 
> link on the list here to download.
> I say someone else should follow the instructions on 
> HowToRelease.wc.   Documents are like source code, you are less likely 
> to notice your mistakes than someone else.  If you can follow your own 
> instructions, this means nothing.  If others follow your instructions 
> and produce the same result, then we have a well written document.
>

The doc looks good. I think it does, however, need an addition on where 
to update version numbers at. What files should things be changed in?
> It should be tested on several kinds of machines.  The old and new.  
> If we are supporting Windows 95+, then we should use the align4 option 
> and we need to set the associations differently on Windows 95.  
> Everything should be run with euiw.exe when called by explorer (that 
> is any Window that displays files).  When you double click a Euphoria 
> file on Windows 95-Me, explorer should run euiw.exe and not 
> eui.exe.  Unless we do this, maybe_any_key() wont exhibit the correct 
> behavior.  Whether we do this or not, typing in a euphoria filename 
> alone, will result in an error on any Windows 95 machine.
>
>

This would be fantastic, however, who has all those machines? Not me. 
Who has the time to do all those tests? Not me. As Mario has been 
saying, we are a small development team. It would be great to have 15 
dedicated testers when it comes to deploy time, which is really what we 
would need to properly test Euphoria on all platforms. We don't, thus 
some things will get done by the end users. Ideal? No way. Realistic? Yes.

Jeremy