Why not put in all the bug fixes and do a week or two (up to a month) of good testing then release pretty solid code? I don't know about others but I always prefer to wait longer to make sure the bugs are all out even though I have to wait a little while longer for new features. - Steve - Systems Manager - Community Internet Access, Inc. - Gallup and Grants, New Mexico On Mon, 24 Nov 1997, Jason Nealis wrote: > > I believe because it takes quite a long time to do a full regression > test. If they pushed everything through full regression testing then you > would only see a patch release once a month. The main focus of > patch releases is to fix bugs. > > Jason Nealis > Director Internet Operations > Network Access > Erols Internet > > > On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Jason Eggleston wrote: > > > Kevin Smith wrote: > > > > > > as we can with a lab environment). Only full releases, like 6.0 will > > > get a full regression test suite. > > > > Why? > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com > > To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> > > > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com > To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10942.html">Re: (ASCEND) 5.0Ap34</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Del <list@cyberback.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg10913.html">Re: (ASCEND) 5.0Ap34</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Jason Nealis <nealis@babylon.erols.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10938.html">Re: (ASCEND) BGP 4 ?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10933.html">Re: (ASCEND) 5.0Ap34</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10982.html">Re: (ASCEND) 5.0Ap34</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg10942.html">Re: (ASCEND) 5.0Ap34</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail3.html#10935"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd245.html#10935"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>