On Jan 18, 2008, at 9:03 AM, David LeBer wrote:
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> On 18-Jan-08, at 8:54 AM, David Avendasora wrote:
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>> Oh man...
>>
>> Has the "Stable" build turned into the "Obsolete" build?
>
> I cannot speak for the WOLips developers, but yeah I've always
> viewed it as "mostly safe, but no new bug fixes or features" - Me,
> I likes the features... I believe that this has been discussed
> numerous times and I don't know if it is likely to change any time
> soon.
>
>> This is the biggest reason I hesitated so long on switching to
>> Eclipse. If I go nightly, I'm worried that I may wake up some
>> morning to find my app no longer building due to the fact that
>> something rolled into the nightly is broken.
>>
>> Don't get me wrong, I love the fact that Mike will fix things
>> almost-on-demand, and WOLips gets better every day, but before I
>> could even ask for a fix I'd have to figure out that it wasn't my
>> fault in the first place. At this point in my Java-Development
>> career, most problems are mine. I don't want to spend hours
>> pouring through my code trying to figure out what I broke, when it
>> wasn't me.
>>
>> Can anyone assuage my fears?
>
> I don't update every night. I'll update when I read about something
> new on the lists. I've not had any negative impact to my
> productivity. I use the nightly build of Wonder as well.
>
This sounds like a good idea. I guess I don't _have to_ be a slave to
automatic updating. :)
>
> You might want to take a look at the beta all-in-one installer. I
> would assume that it gives you a tested install that will work, so
> it might minimize some of your stability concerns starting out.
>
> <http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOL/mail/2654630>
I've looked at that, but since it is a Beta, and I am under the gun
in a production environment, I tend to stick with what I _know_
works, and only upgrade when there's a compelling reason. And I think
there may be one now, but at this point I'm not ready to try the all-
in-one installer. If I were just getting started with WO and Eclipse
you can bet I'd try it. It's a godsend for beginners.
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> ;david
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