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ManagerJosh
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 4:55am
You know the old saying its all quiet before a storm? I'm getting that feeling as well....its been WAAAYYY too quiet on the Jelsoft front so I'm thinking we are jumping to RC4 or gold this week.

Unless Kier is cooking up another surprise for us...
Driv3r
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 10:40am
i very hope so i dont mind waiting tho ....

Cant wait for the next updates

my forum now runs RC3
Floris
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 10:42am
Yeah! I think so too. Can't wait to see what they have in store for us :)

Will the site magicly appear with the new button set or total graphics or totally new layout? What will happen at the next 'refresh' of a page.

*jumps up and down*
ABLady
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 10:43am
I feel like a kid waiting for candy! :D
Floris
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 10:45am
Exactly!

If there is nothing planned for this week, I really hope for a status update (if possible)
Joe Gronlund
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 11:06am
Its been very quiet, i was going to mention something myself.

I can't see there being an RC-4 release, i just think the developers are making absolutely sure all reported bugs are confirmed fixed, or can not be reproduced.

I have a feeling we will see gold this week sometime,, which day is anyones guess.
Floris
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 11:09am
They are probably working supah hard on the documentation, guides, manuals, images and training their staff to be elite with the software top notch. Preparing to update their whole site and improve their press release and many of those other important additional things that come with such 'gold' status releases.


I won't be suprised if that takes them another month or so to complete.
(Doesn't mean I am still very excited about a possible release, because it IS quiet)
JAWilliams
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 11:09am
Im not sure if anyone noticed, but Kier did not even come onto the boards for about 1/2 of last week, and he has not actually written a post or made any comments for quite a while.

Hopefully this means he is working hard to iron out the bugs, or working on all the images?
Brad.loo
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 12:22pm
They are probably working supah hard on the documentation, guides, manuals, images and training their staff to be elite with the software top notch. Preparing to update their whole site and improve their press release and many of those other important additional things that come with such 'gold' status releases.


I won't be suprised if that takes them another month or so to complete.
(Doesn't mean I am still very excited about a possible release, because it IS quiet)
Im thinking that to, the whole site has to be changed in one way or anthor for this gold release, im sure they are working hard on the members area improvments I remember reading about to.
ABLady
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 12:23pm
Im not sure if anyone noticed, but Kier did not even come onto the boards for about 1/2 of last week, and he has not actually written a post or made any comments for quite a while.

Hopefully this means he is working hard to iron out the bugs, or working on all the images?
... or it could mean he's on vacation. After all, it's good to take a few days off every once in a while and get a fresh new start.

No matter what, we all know something wonderfull is about to happen. Just a matter of days. ;)
ManagerJosh
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 4:27pm
I don't think Kier will design the redesign the entire vB site alone. I think others like Steve, Kevin, Martin are helping as well.
CeleronXT
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 4:30pm
I really hope it's gold.. I think I'll be upgrading immediately after its out and I can fix a style for it. It'll be crucial to ensuring that I can keep a few members from leaving. I'll have to wow them with features. :\
ManagerJosh
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 4:31pm
I really hope it's gold.. I think I'll be upgrading immediately after its out and I can fix a style for it. It'll be crucial to ensuring that I can keep a few members from leaving. I'll have to wow them with features. :\
I second that Celeron :)
CeleronXT
Mon 2nd Feb '04, 4:47pm
You have a members leaving problem too? :(
ManagerJosh
Tue 3rd Feb '04, 12:54am
slowly they are leaving. Maxis announced they were pushing The Sims 2 to Summer 2004 from its March 2004 release date :-X
ManagerJosh
Fri 13th Feb '04, 4:44am
well here we are again 11 days later....its quiet once again :p
noppid
Fri 13th Feb '04, 12:11pm
well here we are again 11 days later....its quiet once again :p

It's always quiet at 3 AM! :)
Joe Gronlund
Fri 13th Feb '04, 12:24pm
well here we are again 11 days later....its quiet once again :p
Not for long.. ;)
synicide
Fri 13th Feb '04, 12:26pm
Not for long.. ;)
*crosses his fingers*
Shining Arcanine
Fri 13th Feb '04, 7:41pm
well here we are again 11 days later....its quiet once again :p
The devs are probably pounding the code with security audits, logic checks and bug hunting. I expect an RC5, RC6, and RC7 (we had 7 Betas) before Gold. Getting Gold next would be nice but I'll take quality over a WinME.
synicide
Fri 13th Feb '04, 7:46pm
Well, always expect the worse but hope for the best. :D
Joe Gronlund
Fri 13th Feb '04, 11:38pm
The devs are probably pounding the code with security audits, logic checks and bug hunting. I expect an RC5, RC6, and RC7 (we had 7 Betas) before Gold. Getting Gold next would be nice but I'll take quality over a WinME.
If an RC5 release was planned, they wouldnt have released a patch for RC4 ;)
synicide
Sat 14th Feb '04, 12:01am
If an RC5 release was planned, they wouldnt have released a patch for RC4 ;)
Oooooo... that's right! that's right!!!

*excited*
DWZ
Sat 14th Feb '04, 8:06am
If an RC5 release was planned, they wouldnt have released a patch for RC4 ;)Well, I wouldn't say that... I mean, an exploit like this really should have a fix released for it almost immediately, especially since it was posted on SecurityFocus and not privately communicated to Jelsoft via email or whatever.

They may have just thought that "we are not ready to release RC5 now, but this fix needs to go out *now*".

*shrug* That's just the way I see it.
mdx381
Sat 14th Feb '04, 1:04pm
Oooooo... that's right! that's right!!!

*excited*
I also remember seeing one of the developers say something down the lines of RC4 being the last RC before gold...
synicide
Sat 14th Feb '04, 1:06pm
I also remember seeing one of the developers say something down the lines of RC4 being the last RC before gold...
*still excited*
rebelsrock06
Sat 14th Feb '04, 1:30pm
Well, always expect the worse but hope for the best. :D

Hehe yes we do, i hope the RC5 is coming soon :D:D:D:D


* excited *
Joe Gronlund
Sat 14th Feb '04, 1:35pm
I also remember seeing one of the developers say something down the lines of RC4 being the last RC before gold...It will be the last RC, the post youre referring to confirmed that.
I have no guarantees, but i would expect vB3 Gold , sometime next week :)
rebelsrock06
Sat 14th Feb '04, 1:44pm
GOLD IS GOOD, REALLY REALLY GOOD


VB ROX
synicide
Sat 14th Feb '04, 2:05pm
I couldn't have said it any better. :D
ManagerJosh
Fri 5th Mar '04, 2:54pm
the calm before the storm strikes once more. Something big is gonna happen. I know it :p
MrNase
Fri 5th Mar '04, 3:16pm
the calm before the storm strikes once more. Something big is gonna happen. I know it :p
the swallows are on a low-level flight these days and the worms are coming to the surface of the earth and my dog is acting strange. something is gonna happen.
Joe Gronlund
Fri 5th Mar '04, 6:38pm
/me plays Jaws movie theme song :D
Shining Arcanine
Sat 6th Mar '04, 3:06pm
It will be the last RC, the post youre referring to confirmed that.
I have no guarantees, but i would expect vB3 Gold , sometime next week :)
Where can I find this post? I've never seen a post that says that RC4 is the definite last RC before Gold. I have seen one that said that if there aren't many bugs found in it, there won't be another RC or something along those lines however that does not mean the next vB3 release will be Gold.
ManagerJosh
Sat 6th Mar '04, 3:56pm
Where can I find this post? I've never seen a post that says that RC4 is the definite last RC before Gold. I have seen one that said that if there aren't many bugs found in it, there won't be another RC or something along those lines however that does not mean the next vB3 release will be Gold.I think it was a personal opinion. :)
sabret00the
Sat 6th Mar '04, 4:35pm
to the best of my knowledge their will be one more rc which will be more of a spacer than anything else so the documentation can be given a touch of extra time before gold.
squall14716
Sat 6th Mar '04, 5:36pm
I'm thinking RC4 will be the last RC before Gold, although when will Gold come out, nobody knows.
Shining Arcanine
Sat 6th Mar '04, 6:05pm
I'm thinking RC4 will be the last RC before Gold, although when will Gold come out, nobody knows.
I doubt it. I've found several bugs in RC4 (I'm pounding this version more than its predecessors) so I expect an RC5.
MrNase
Sat 6th Mar '04, 6:57pm
me too :)
Joe Gronlund
Sun 7th Mar '04, 9:15pm
I doubt it. I've found several bugs in RC4 (I'm pounding this version more than its predecessors) so I expect an RC5.
You will find several bugs in the final (gold) eventually too. Its the name of the game.
Nothing is perfect and never will be, all that can be done is to make it as stable as possible, for all involved environments.
For some RC3 might be more stable than RC4, RC2 might be more stable than Gold for others etc... :)
RC1, 2, 3, 4 where all released within one - two weeks of eachother, it has been much longer than 2 weeks since RC4 was released.
Which usually is a very high indication, that no other release candidates are needed or wanted.
However only jelsoft can determine that.