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Recommended builds anyone?

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mhebsacker:
Hi,

on my iHP 140 I still run the build from 18.07.06 after I found it to be pretty stable as long as Tagcache isn't used.

I tried newer builds two or three times but always was unlucky to immediately run into issues (f.e. two months ago the audio buffer was simply a mess) which made me go back.

After I am no developer but happy user of Rockbox I dont have much of an interest to download new builds every few days just to figure out they do not work (usually while sitting in a train with no chance to revert to a different version). So - all I want is a stable build! Which is the reason I still stick with the old build from July.

This was discussed a few times already but after it seems that working towards a release is none of the top priorities (at least this is my impression) I'd ask again if it would'nt be possible to at least introduce something like "recommended builds" which have proofen to be more or less trouble free (lets say "usable builds", not release quality).

Would be a great help for all who simply want to use Rockbox, but dont have the time or technical skills to deal with troubled daily builds. With just daily builds labeled as "we have no idea if this build actually might work" Rockbox is for sure shiying away many users - or loosing those who tried Rockbox, but by accident downloaded one of those builds with more serious issues.

Regards;

Matthias

pabouk:
I install the latest CVS builds almost every day and I have not run into many serious problems during the last year and a half. AFAIK the todays build runs pretty well. I recommend it ;D

LinusN:
The thing is that we want as many users as possible to run the latest versions, otherwise we don't get the feedback we need.

L:
Pretty sure most daily builds are stable enough to use. I think the trouble you're facing comes from not updating the builds properly.

Llorean:
If everyone downloads specific older builds, nobody is providing feedback, and some bugs are so rare that only large groups of users have a statistical chance of finding them.

Remember: Until there is a version numbered release, there are no users, only testers. If you consider yourself a user, that's your choice, but the software doesn't *have* a user version yet, so all you're doing is being a bad tester. Wholly your choice, mind you, but not aligned with actually improving the project.

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