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Tiny Core Base => TCB Q&A Forum => Topic started by: rms46 on October 14, 2012, 09:42:26 PM

Title: Testing the Release Candidates
Post by: rms46 on October 14, 2012, 09:42:26 PM

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We encourage people to download and install the release candidates, so you can help the Tinycore team, by testing them for improvements and bugs, before the final release.

Quote from: roberts on October 14, 2012, 07:58:43 PM

The second release candidate of Core 4.7 is ready for public testing:[....]
Note: Requires new wbar.tcz and Xprogs.tcz (apps, scmapps, filetool) also in the rc testing area until final release.

Question: How dangerous is it to test release candidates by just replacing the "core.gz" file from version 4.6.2 to 4.7?

Thanks,
Rahmat.

Title: Re: Testing the Release Candidates
Post by: AbNoRMiS on October 14, 2012, 10:40:49 PM

if you are afraid then make backup and try update to new version

Title: Re: Testing the Release Candidates
Post by: althalus on October 15, 2012, 12:03:03 AM

My experience has been that occasionally you run into small bugs in whatever new goodies the team have added, but never has a release candidate caused me any undue hassle. That said, they are testing versions, so backups are always a good idea.

I generally used to set up new versions as a separate entry in whichever boot loader  I was using at the time (so I'd have core.gz and core-3.1-rc1.gz for example), so I could easily switch between versions if needed, but I never needed to. The core team put out a very solid product.