[Freeswitch-users] Auto test FS install - now necessary?

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I hope that we don't ever return to the old days of spending a year or 
more regression testing  PBX firmware between each release.  That was 
okay, if you did not mind having a product that worked really well but 
did not really do much and was always about a year behind the cutting edge.

I applaud all of the FS Devs, I believe that everyone is doing their 
best to avoid introducing new issues as work is done to improve the code 
base and add new features and functionality.

We are happy to participate in the testing and feedback process.
We hope to be able to make meaningful contributions down the road when 
we are more familiar with things.

I have never seen a major issue that was not corrected with lightning speed.
It seems that even whenever someone reports an issue that is important 
to them, they are likewise addressed very rapidly.

In my opinion, this is just the way that software development goes.  Do 
your best to modify (improve the project) code without causing other 
issues.  Unfortunately, sometimes this happens.  Especially when there 
so many people working to make contributions to grow and improve the 
product for all.  Frankly, I think the project is progressing very well.





On 02/04/2011 10:01 AM, Anthony Minessale wrote:
> I guess we should try to be more like all the other open source
> projects where every single day of GIT HEAD is perfect.
> hmm....
>
> The alternative is you can buy a soft-switch and live with it's faults
> and pay annually for an update.
> Or even wait for our official releases which are very infrequent and
> not well-supported once they are more than a few months old.
>
> Also don't forget we use FreeSWITCH in a real product so you don't
> even see the amount of testing and QA we inherit from that product as
> well as all the large carriers who use FreeSWITCH and do their best to
> try beta version for us.  Thank you all.....
>
> We have plans to stable branch soon.  I guess that means everyone will
> flock to that and it will be the end of my beta testers.
> We do not only get regressions from features we get them sometimes
> from fixes as well, other peoples patches, many factors.
>
> I guess what's really saddening since you bring up asterisk, is that I
> spent years using it with perpetual problems in the release or the
> daily snapshot and it sort of has a reputation for this kind of thing
> and all you hear about is how awesome it is from people.  I don't
> appreciate being treated like a witch hunt over one regression
> especially when we can fix it in 1 minute.  That double-standard is
> ridiculous.
>
> I should just make a FAQ about this and paste in the URL:
>
> We only have so much time to give to the world, we spend like 8-14
> hours a day on average working on the code.
> Any suggestions or improvements (even the ones with the best
> intentions) are only viable if they come with volunteers.
>
> Bottom line is by downloading and building the code you are opting in
> to our community which involves occasional speed bumps.
>
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