[wp-testers] Testing 'Live' Nightly Builds

[Roy Schestowitz]

_____/ On Wed 14 Dec 2005 13:58:14 GMT, [Owen Winkler] wrote : \_____

Hi Owen,

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Overall, let's say John Bloggs submitted a patch, which is said to have been
>> fixed the  following day.  John Bloggs  can then hop onto the latest nightly
>> version and confirm that the bug was  fixed in its entirety. No need to look
>> at diffs.
>
> Then:
>
> Wouldn't the latest nightly contain the fix, thereby obviate the need 
> to keep historic nightlies over any duration?
>
> And:
>
> History is always available more accurately through SVN, so why would 
> any user who has the need to review history use anything other than 
> SVN or the SVN changeset viewer in Trac?
>
> I just don't see why we would need to keep old nightlies around at all.
>
> Owen

I fully understand your point and I accept it. Just remember that not everyone
uses SVN and not everyone tests WordPress on localhost.

Roy