How Stable is Latest CVS?

[chelsel]

I have a live helpdesk running and there is supposed to be a bug fix in there for "due dates"... I would like to find out if there is any warning against using the latest CVS to update my helpdesk... and, any tips on how best to do this without breaking anything...

Thanks,
Cliff.

[Jamie Edwards]

Hi Cliff,

You might find this reply I made regarding CVS versions helpful in answering your questions: Stable Build

[Coastie]

even the stable builds are not stable, cvs might have some bug files, but there was not been a stable v3.x release yet.

[netFusion]

As Coastie said, the stable builds aren't completely stable. The problem is that they add features to interim releases without any version control. I'm running the 3.10.00 that they are planning to report as stable, but if you look at the change log, they have added more features to the 3.10.00 that they were planning to release as stable. So, it will have additional unproven features built in after the point that should have been a feature freeze and before the release as "stable".

The developers fix bugs, add new functionality, and create new bugs all in the same release. Then, rather than waiting for a period and fixing the reported bugs with that release, they continue developing. So the stable build is really a moving target.

The only thing you can really do is download one, see if it has the functions you require, and test test test to see if they work. If they don't, wait several months and hope that the developers take a look at it before they add too many more features.

Regards,

Eddie