Whilst we wait....

[baja2215]

.... couldn't we get the 2.1 beta patch notes posted to keep up happy

 

[The_Quasar]

That'd be too easy

 

[Mr_Foxhound]

it wont be out today

 

[Kicks]

it wont be out today

Not with that attitude it won't!

 

[baja2215]

tis Thursday .... they said Thursday .....

 

[Bomba Luigi]

Better not, the Patch notes are so long that when you done reading it the Beta is over.

 

[Cosmos]

I've never quite understood why it takes all day to release a patch. This is looking like its gonna be another late night jobby. :/

 

[bisador]

They did say (in the video) the patch would be released to day - but don't expect it early, so don't take the day off. Seems like they were hinting it would take all day.

I'm super excited as well, but we waited 5 months so far, so we can wait another day

 

[Harath]

More often than not, there are several dev forks running concurrently, and launching a public beta is like putting out wildfire when it comes to quashing bugs. FDev are probably running multiple builds to find the latest one without many of the Class A/B bugs that are floating around before unleashing it on the masses!

 

[babelfisch]

I've never quite understood why it takes all day to release a patch. This is looking like its gonna be another late night jobby. :/

They need to get the build ready and working, upload it to the servers, write the patch notes, brief support, make sure the launcher picks the right version etc.

 

[Bomba Luigi]

I've never quite understood why it takes all day to release a patch. This is looking like its gonna be another late night jobby. :/

I would guess the problem is that there will always be somebody in the office that says something like "can we change that bevore we put it out?"

 

[Kicks]

More often than not, there are several dev forks running concurrently, and launching a public beta is like putting out wildfire when it comes to quashing bugs. FDev are probably running multiple builds to find the latest one without many of the Class A/B bugs that are floating around before unleashing it on the masses!

That's not how any (sane) developer would prepare for a release.

Though there are potentially many dev branches, there will be a single "beta" branch that devs will merge to. I assure you they're not "running multiple builds".

 

[babelfisch]

I would guess the problem is that there will always be somebody in the office that says something like "can we change that bevore we put it out?"

Maybe Sandy is working on the bobbleloach...

 

[Lateralus]

Frontier have always released updates late in the afternoon/early evening.

 

[Alpenmilch]

The water will not boil until You look at it. So do something else!

There will be an update. Trust me.

And not only SOON

 

[Harath]

Granted, my experience is with consoles and handheld, but our QA team would get six or seven builds a day coming up to beta release.

 

[Infidel Deity]

Not with that attitude it won't!

Well put, Commander! [yesnod]

 

[ZeeWolf]

Also they have to propagate updates to all the AWS servers and I'd imagine there are horrendous checklists of stuff

Anyone whose ever worked in any kind of software development knows of having to copy things over to certain machines, data migration and update scripts, compiling final builds, sign offs, fixing last minute bugs and stuff you have no visibility on until you try to make something go live.

I've done my fair share of late night launches

 

[Agony_Aunt]

I've never quite understood why it takes all day to release a patch. This is looking like its gonna be another late night jobby. :/

Possible that you don't work in software development?

 

[Cosmos]

They need to get the build ready and working, upload it to the servers, write the patch notes, brief support, make sure the launcher picks the right version etc.

Couldn't they have done that yesterday? [wacko]