Problems with two versions of PR

[<<SpanishSurfer>>]

I currently only play v0.5 and not the "open beta." My problem is this, why are there two versions of PR out? You fellas are splitting the community and hurting yourselves by doing so. Also, isn't v0.5 an open beta anyways? After v0.6 is completed stick to only 1 "open beta" and keep the community on the same version. I've seen this tactic used by other mods and it was a contributing factor to their downfall.

Just a suggestion since I'm a big fan of this mod (Since the beginning!)

[gazzthompson]

there is a open beta for .6 because with only a few testers there is no way we can test how a map will work 32 vs 32, also with 64 people on a map its alot easyer to find bugs , and theres ALOT more views on how things should work , for e.g if something had a bug or ruined gameplay that the testers missed then if there was no open beta it would go out and have a massive affect on the game intill a new download could be made , this way when .6 is done it should have less bugs and work how the devs want it to work.

hope that helps

[youm0nt]

Yep, think about it. Would you want a 0.6 version of PR filled with a ton of bugs and released at an earlier date or have a 0.6 version of PR with little to no bugs and released at a later date? I know what I would choose...

[[R-DEV]Hitperson]

0.5 is not an open beta it is a full release.

[<<SpanishSurfer>>]

I understand but there shouldn't be two open betas out. You can have a closed beta with 100 people having a copy of it and still testing it correctly. Just my .02

Hitperson, call it what you want a mod is always an "open beta."

[gazzthompson]

i see ur " the mod is always open beta" because its constantly changing ,BUT they wont change .5 anymore , so its full release. , .6 has changed ALOT so is a beta , because its constantly changing , once its fully released then it wont be changed anymore(unless something major or server side) but they will just add it to .7 , u see?

[<<SpanishSurfer>>]

i see ur " the mod is always open beta" because its constantly changing ,BUT they wont change .5 anymore , so its full release. , .6 has changed ALOT so is a beta , because its constantly changing , once its fully released then it wont be changed anymore(unless something major or server side) but they will just add it to .7 , u see?

Brilliant logic... Thanks for letting me know .5 wont change anymore. Same can be said for the beta versions out.

We're talking about the mod not versions of the mod. There is a problem and it's got to do with there being two PUBLIC versions of the mod.

Anymore brilliant rebuttals?

[El_Vikingo]

Splitting the community? Download 0.6 and you wouldn't want to go back to 0.5.

0.5 is a finished version of 0.5.

0.6RC OB is a version of 0.6 that is being polished, and after this, they will release the final version of 0.6.

If 0.5 was an OB did we officially test it?

[Red Halibut]

Alright Spanish Surfer, here's your rebuttal. There is only one "official" release of Project Reality, and that is 0.5. Version 0.607 is an open beta in the sense that it does not yet replace 0.5 as the "stable" version.

There is plenty of precedent for this. The official version of phpBB forum software is 2.0.22, but there is a release candidate available for version 3.0 (Olympus). The same goes for Apache, PHP and MySQL, the software running this and other webservers around the world.

Just because the version number is "0.something" does not mean that the releases should not be considered stable and "production ready". As to splitting the community, yes to a certain extent you are right, but it is a necessary evil in order to make sure that the 0.6 release is stable enough to also be considered "production ready".

Does that help to clear things up?

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by Red Halibut

Alright Spanish Surfer, here's your rebuttal. There is only one "official" release of Project Reality, and that is 0.5. Version 0.607 is an open beta in the sense that it does not yet replace 0.5 as the "stable" version.

There is plenty of precedent for this. The official version of phpBB forum software is 2.0.22, but there is a release candidate available for version 3.0 (Olympus). The same goes for Apache, PHP and MySQL, the software running this and other webservers around the world.

Just because the version number is "0.something" does not mean that the releases should not be considered stable and "production ready". As to splitting the community, yes to a certain extent you are right, but it is a necessary evil in order to make sure that the 0.6 release is stable enough to also be considered "production ready".

Does that help to clear things up?

Well put sir!