Nothing wrong with them, as long as every one knows they are a moving target.

CVS is a nightly build. Beta 1 is supposed to be a snapshot in time, and hence
should not change.

So, in essence, if one wants nightly builds, go for CVS, if you want a beta or
release candidate then beta 1 it is (or rc when it comes out).

On 12/14/05, Robin Monks <devlinks@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 for the sake of +1...
>
> What's wrong with nightly tarballs?
>
> Robin
>
>
> On 12/14/05, James Walker <walkah@walkah.net > wrote:
> > On 12/14/05 7:52 AM, Tim Altman wrote:
> > > On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:30:22 +0100, Dries Buytaert
> > > <dries.buytaert@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 14 Dec 2005, at 11:41, Bčr Kessels wrote:
> > >>> I am confused, I assumed beta 1 was just following head, in other
> > >>> words beta1
> > >>> == head.
> > >>
> > >> beta 1 is a snapshot of HEAD, taken 1-2 weeks ago.  It is not updated
> > >> automatically, although I could set it up such that the beta gets
> > >> repackaged on a daily basis.  At the moment, beta 1 lacks a number of
> > >> important fixes.
> > >
> > > I'd prefer that TAR files always remain static snapshots and not update
> > > automatically.  When we talk about 4.7 beta 1, we know what state the
> > > code is in.  If it's a moving target, it's much harder to tell if
> > > something is a new problem or existed when the release was first
> created.
> >
> > +1
> >
> > --
> > James Walker :: http://walkah.net/ :: xmpp:walkah@walkah.net
> >
>
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