home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Night Owl 6
/
Night Owl's Shareware - PDSI-006 - Night Owl Corp (1990).iso
/
001a
/
hslk11b7.zip
/
BETA.DOC
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1992-02-23
|
2KB
|
57 lines
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BETA TEST VERSION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This version may seem to work, but it has not been fully tested and
is not an official release! You have been warned.
PLEASE MAKE FREQUENT BACKUP COPIES OF ALL CRITICAL FILES
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BETA TEST VERSION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BETA NUMBERING SYSTEM
=====================
TO ADDRESS PAST PROBLEMS IN BETA VERSION DISTRIBUTION, I AM
INSTITUTING A NEW SYSTEM OF BETA VERSION NUMBERING.
ODD NUMBERED BETAS ARE "PUBLIC BETAS" THAT HAVE BEEN AT LEAST
PARTIALLY TESTED AND WILL BE POSTED FOR WIDESPREAD DISTRIBUTION.
ONLY ONE BETA VERSION WILL BE POSTED TO ANY GIVEN PUBLIC BETA
FILENAME.
EVEN NUMBERED BETAS ARE "DAILY BETAS" AND WILL ALL BE POSTED AS
'HSLEXE.ZIP' AND SHOULD BE DOWNLOADED ONLY FROM THE TOOL SHOP.
EVEN NUMBERED BETAS ARE SUBJECT TO VERY FREQUENT CHANGE (OFTEN
SEVERAL TIMES A DAY) AND SHOULD ONLY BE DOWNLOADED DIRECTLY FROM THE
TOOL SHOP. DAILY BETAS SHOULD BE USED WITH EXTREME CAUTION. WHEN A
DAILY BETA APPEARS TO BE STABLE, THE VERSION NUMBER WILL BE
INCREMENTED TO AN ODD NUMBER AND THE FILE WILL BE MADE PUBLIC.
FOR EXAMPLE:
HSLK11B1.ZIP PUBLIC BETA V 1.1 B1
HSLEXE.ZIP DAILY BETA V 1.1 B2, MANY INTERMEDIATE
POSTINGS, NONE TO BE DISTRIBUTED TO OTHER
BOARDS.
HSLK11B3.ZIP NEXT PUBLIC BETA V 1.1 B3
HSLEXE.ZIP MORE DAILY POSTINGS OF V 1.1 B4.
CONCLUSION
----------
EVEN NUMBERED BETA FILES (LIKE HSLK11B3.ZIP) CAN BE UPLOADED TO
OTHER SYSTEMS. USE BETAS WITH CAUTION.
ODD NUMBERED BETAS SHOULD NEVER BE UPLOADED AND ARE SUBJECT TO
CHANGE FROM HOUR TO HOUR UNTIL THE CODE IS STABLE ENOUGH TO GO TO
THE NEXT EVEN NUMBER PUBLIC BETA.
DAILY BETAS (WITH ODD VERSION NUMBERS) ARE ALWAYS POSTED ON THE TOOL
SHOP AS HSLEXE.ZIP AND SHOULD NOT BE RENAMED OR UPLOADED TO ANY
OTHER SYSTEM. USE THESE BETAS WITH EXTREME CAUTION.