2007-12-20, 19:53:03
Batto Wrote:No i must say firehelix is right, a fixed update-date is the best way to go. At first, you can choose to set the time between release dates very short (from a week to a month) and you can extend that time the more stable the map becomes. Also, when you have for example 1 map every 2 months, and there is found a major bug, you can always immediatly release another version of the same map. Noone would wine about a new map in between release dates if it is for a major bug.
Actually, thats the worst way. Fixed dates are horrible for a releaser, since you cant know what will happen (be it problems with a feature you want to add, a lot of issuses coming up before the release date or even private problems). Then a lot of people will ask whats up and where's the version?
Well, you can say that you can extend the time between two releases to an amount where you should get things done (like 2 months), but there's always the possibility that something happens right before the fixed date which will delay the release. Or why should I wait another month, when I already have everything I wanted to add in the next version?
This way, even with fixed dates, you cant say when a new version will be released, so I can see no advantages.
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