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posted by janrinok on Monday November 25 2019, @10:51PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-really---just-ship-with-the-buggy-bits-disabled dept.

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To cut down on bugs, Apple is changing how it develops its software

The initial release windows of both iOS 12 and iOS 13 saw users complaining about a plethora of bugs both major and minor. Apple has plans to mitigate this problem when iOS 14 launches next year, according to sources who spoke with Bloomberg.

People familiar with the shift told the publication that a major factor contributing to iOS 13's rough launch window was the fact that many Apple developers were making daily or weekly commits of new changes at varying levels of readiness and quality, and those features were enabled by default regardless of their readiness. This meant that test builds were often unusable for stretches of time due to one problematic feature or another, which limited the amount of time testers spent with the software.

Under the new methodology, new test builds of Apple's future operating systems will turn certain features deemed to be buggy or to cause usability issues off by default. Testers will be able to opt-in on a feature-by-feature basis in many cases, reducing the likelihood that they will be working with "unlivable" builds.

Bloomberg's sources provided some insight about how Apple assesses the reliability and state of its own software features, as well.


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  • (Score: 0) by Coligny on Tuesday November 26 2019, @06:33AM (1 child)

    by Coligny (2200) on Tuesday November 26 2019, @06:33AM (#924810)

    Nope, no paper clip reboot. That was disc/cd ejection. Reboot was either keyboard combo with the starter key (apple/optioon/start(¿?)=>reboot) or the software interupt combo then the hex command. Or the power button in the front/back some macs had hardware switches dedicated for interrupt and reboot.

    Well famous was the “error 11”
    Stable up to 7.5.3
    7.6 was bleh
    8 was super bleh
    9 was ok, I guess
    Powerbook sleep mode was not realistically usable before OsX beta though

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    If I wanted to be moderated by mor0nic groupthinking retards I would still be on Digg and Reddshit.
  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @02:53PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 26 2019, @02:53PM (#924923)

    Yes, paper clip reboot. The programmer's switch was an optional feature which had to be physically installed on the side of the case. If you didn't install the external switch, you had to reach inside the case with a paper clip to push the internal switch.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programmer%27s_key [wikipedia.org]

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