SRL Archive - Development

Hiya,

I've been thinking about how frequent we do Simba releases, and I think currently our releases are too infrequent. Sometimes there is simple no update at all between two releases. It may be a sign of stability, but I think it would be nice to bring fixes to the end user quicker. We already made the Simba updater for this purpose, but so far I don't feel that it is being used very often. One of the major problems up till now I feel is that the extensions aren't automatically updated, but I think I just thought of a solution to that. :)

My idea is as follows:

The Simba version is the the Simba-release version * 100.

So, Simba Installer 0.97 ships with Simba 970. Any bug fixes to this version will be named 971, 972 … all the way till 979. (Not that I expect we'll ever have to do 9 bug fixes releases, but you get the idea).
Simba installers will be named 0.97.1, 0.97.2 … you guessed it - all the way to 0.97.9.

Sounds OK? No? Yes? Do we need more frequent releases?

More frequent releases could be nice. But not if they only contain a single fix or change each update.

I agree about the more frequent updates, but how come you need a new installer each time? Shouldn't anyone be able to install using any installer, then the updater will automatically update to latest version? Seems like making a new installer for each release is something that can be avoided.

From: Coh3n
I agree about the more frequent updates, but how come you need a new installer each time? Shouldn't anyone be able to install using any installer, then the updater will automatically update to latest version? Seems like making a new installer for each release is something that can be avoided.

Yes, that is what *should* happen, but if we change the Extensions, then they won't be updated automatically. Everything else is.

I also think Simba should auto update.

Support.

From: TomTuff
I also think Simba should auto update.

I would also like an option to be able to auto update to the "unstable" releases too.. since they work with pretty much everything

From: TomTuff
I also think Simba should auto update.

It can and does auto update. You'll notice it when I do a new release. I just don't update the binaries that often, so you don't notice there is an update. :p
That's what this thread is all about. :D

Grats, noted, it's actually on the TODO list, I was hoping to integrate this into the settings form. :)

From: Wizzup?
Yes, that is what *should* happen, but if we change the Extensions, then they won't be updated automatically. Everything else is.

Huh? If the "Extensions Updater" extension was made, then they would be automatically updated, and so would Simba, so there wouldn't be a problem?

From: grats
I would also like an option to be able to auto update to the "unstable" releases too.. since they work with pretty much everything

Definitely!

From: Coh3n
Huh? If the "Extensions Updater" extension was made, then they would be automatically updated, and so would Simba, so there wouldn't be a problem?

Exactly. :)