When a new daily build is released (production or development), is there somewhere we can see the details of what has changed in the build?
Some kind of change log and details of bugs fixed would be very useful.
For example I have raised an issue regarding a JavaScript error in Web Edition 4.0.40.0. ThinkGeo advised that the issue has been fixed and a build is being made available, but did not say what build.
Hi, Daniel
We don’t provide the change log for bugs that have been fixed, but Map Suite product will be updated every six months, on a May/November cycle, and at that time we will release the Features & Bug Fixes Change Log for our all products.
Sorry for that we don’t tell you the accurate version of daily build in detail. I guess the ThinkGeo support means that you need to get the latest DLL package from the link of helpdesk.thinkgeo.com/. So please check out the version of 4.0.63.0 or later to get the bug-fixed DLL package.
Thanks,
Khalil
Daniel,
Actually we do plan to make this data available but it is a work in progress. Our issue tracking system is separate and we have not hooked it all up yet. As Khalil mentioned we do provide an update on our major release in May and November. Of course we want to have this stuff posted daily we just don’t have it finished yet. Thanks for the feedback and know it is on the way.
David
Thanks for the replies.
I found the Change Log thread in your News & Announcements forum:
gis.thinkgeo.com/Support/DiscussionForums/tabid/143/aff/17/aft/4909/afv/topic/Default.aspx
The Change Log thread does seem to give details on more than just the six monthly releases, but not on every new build. Maybe in the interim you could post more regularly to that thread until you hook up your issue tracking system fully?
The Javascript error I mentioned seems to be fixed in 4.0.63.0, it would be good to get confirmation of that. In the customer portal I was able to download 4.0.40.23 and 4.0.63.0, and had to test both to see which fixed the issue.
Daniel,
We switched to the six month release just one release ago. :-) Before the six month releases it was very sporadic and we wanted to have a more reliable release schedule. In the past the entries were done via manual reports from our issue tracking system.
We all agree here that we want to release a change log daily with the builds. We should be able to get there in the not too distant future but are not there now. It is something that we do know about and have a plan to work on but have not started yet.
David