"Ricoware" <not### [at] realcom> wrote in message
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> I think the only real issue with an expired beta is that once the beta
> expires, all beta testing comes to a screaching halt outside the POV team.

But it also gives the developers time to fix existing reported bugs, which
ensures that beta testers can focus on finding new bugs rather than old bugs
that have already been fixed.  There are also several large known issues that
have to be worked on, so I imagine it's advantageous to occasionally have
periods where the developers can have a break from fielding questions like "has
this bug already been fixed?" and simply work on those issues that are already
known, or that require significant reworking of the internals to address.  This
is particularly the case with this version due to the massive amount of work to
make it multi-threaded.

> Would it be possible to simply add another month to the expiration date,
> recompile, and release the same beta for another month?

It would be possible but it would also be pretty pointless.  Besides, a new
progressed beta will be out shortly.

Lance.

thezone - thezone.firewave.com.au

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