Revision 3.97; is it still Beta?

[Bill Smith]

And if so, when specifically shall it come off Beta.
 
Thank you.
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

That revision will never come "off beta".  Elecraft does not work the
revision levels that way.
The firmware Field Testers (and a few others) are currently working with
version 3.99.
If that version is OK, it will be moved to Beta status (prospects are
not good for that, there are a few bugs).
When a version is acceptable out of Firmware Field Test, it will be
moved to "beta firmware" so many users other than the Firmware Field
Testers will have an opportunity to use it.  If there are few problems
reported with that beta release, that version may be advanced as a
Release Version.  Note carefully - there will be NO changes to the
firmware when it is changed from beta to release version - it is a
decision process only, not a level control.

I know this is a bit different than several other pieces of software.  
Some software products announce a level, and then there are several
"beta" versions using that same level number, differing only by date.  
when the bugs and other eccentricities have been reduced, it will be
moved to a release level using the same revision level.

Not so for the Elecraft firmware.  Each change results in a new revision
level.  All version 3.79 versions are the same, all 3.99 versions are
the same.  If the bugs (and deficiencies) reported are tolerable, any
version can be announced as a release version.

By the same reasoning, one can try the beta versions with little (if
any) concern.  That version has been scrubbed by the firmware field
testers, and determined to be sufficient (no major bugs discovered) to
make that revision an acceptable beta version.

73,
Don W3FPR

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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

Don is incorrect on the release of 3.97.  We just went final on 3.97
this morning.
See: http://www.elecraft.com/K3/k3_software.htm

K3 Utility should now reflect this when checking releases.

As don said, 3.99 is in just internal Alpha testing and will not be
released at that level. It will probably be 4.00 when the alpha test
issues are corrected and it is released for beta.

73, Eric  WA6HHQ
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On 5/31/2010 7:43 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> That revision will never come "off beta".  Elecraft does not work the
> revision levels that way.
> The firmware Field Testers (and a few others) are currently working with
> version 3.99.
> If that version is OK, it will be moved to Beta status (prospects are
> not good for that, there are a few bugs).
> When a version is acceptable out of Firmware Field Test, it will be
> moved to "beta firmware" so many users other than the Firmware Field
> Testers will have an opportunity to use it.  If there are few problems
> reported with that beta release, that version may be advanced as a
> Release Version.  Note carefully - there will be NO changes to the
> firmware when it is changed from beta to release version - it is a
> decision process only, not a level control.

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[k6dgw]

Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft wrote:

> As don said, 3.99 is in just internal Alpha testing and will not be
> released at that level. It will probably be 4.00 when the alpha test
> issues are corrected and it is released for beta.

Do Elecraft firmware numbers simply count the versions sequentially, or
is there some structure to them? For example, X.yy where changes to X
denote major new releases [that may not be backward compatible with
earlier versions of the K3 Utility and/or Memory Manager], and yy
denotes minor revisions, bug fixes, and specific small features or
enhancements ... or something like that.

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2010 Cal QSO Party 2-3 Oct 2010
- www.cqp.org
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[KK7P]

> Do Elecraft firmware numbers simply count the versions sequentially,

Yes

73,

Lyle KK7P
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