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==Alpha, beta, nightlies and release candiates - what should I use? ==
==What are nightlies?==
[[Mozilla Suite]], [[Firefox]], and [[Thunderbird]] all have releases and release candidates: These are the versions, such as Mozilla Suite 1.0 or Firefox 1.0, announced on [http://mozilla.com/ Mozilla] and other websites and the ones you hear about. However, the code for these upstanding programs change daily, and developers check in new code everyday. To help developers find new bugs and fixes, the code is recompiled each night and these '''nightlies''' are uploaded to [http://ftp.mozilla.org/ Mozilla's servers]. As noted, these nightlies are usually filled with bugs, are generally unstable, and should be avoided for anything except testing if possible.


*Alpha - early in development (not stable)
However, if you want to get involved and want to help with development or bug triaging or filing bugs or patch writing or anything fun like that, using nightly are an excellent tool. This is the reason why [[Bugzilla | Mozilla's Bugzilla]] recommends users to use nightlies before reporting bugs because those bugs could have been already fixed in recent nightlies.
*Beta - early in development (not stable)
*Nightly versions - test versions (not stable)
*Release candidates - test versions (possibly not stable)


If you want a stable and reliable solution - use a release. All other versions are to be considered as to be used for testing - only.
==External Links==
 
* [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/nightly/ Mozilla Suite nightlies]
They can be stable but they can also have bugs - serious functional ones at worst. However if you want to get involved and want to help with development - using a testversion is a great way to do it. During development it is always important to test any new function/version in various enviroments. Things has to be tested.
** [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/ Firefox nightlies]
 
** [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/ Thunderbird nightlies]
Reporting bugs and problems is always appreciated.
* [http://www.squarefree.com/burningedge/ The Burning Edge]: Find out what's new in Firefox nightlies.
** [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/rumblingedge/ The Rumbling Edge]: Find out what's new in Thunderbird nightlies.
* [http://bonsai.mozilla.org Mozilla's Bonsai]: A raw log of what changes in Mozilla's code.


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Revision as of 18:40, 31 March 2006

What are nightlies?

Mozilla Suite, Firefox, and Thunderbird all have releases and release candidates: These are the versions, such as Mozilla Suite 1.0 or Firefox 1.0, announced on Mozilla and other websites and the ones you hear about. However, the code for these upstanding programs change daily, and developers check in new code everyday. To help developers find new bugs and fixes, the code is recompiled each night and these nightlies are uploaded to Mozilla's servers. As noted, these nightlies are usually filled with bugs, are generally unstable, and should be avoided for anything except testing if possible.

However, if you want to get involved and want to help with development or bug triaging or filing bugs or patch writing or anything fun like that, using nightly are an excellent tool. This is the reason why Mozilla's Bugzilla recommends users to use nightlies before reporting bugs because those bugs could have been already fixed in recent nightlies.

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