[Elecraft] Revision 3.97; is it still Beta?

[Don Wilhelm]

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

W0WOI at aol.com wrote:
> And if so, when specifically shall it come off Beta.
>  
> Thank you.
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