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Does Apple have a "Release to Manufacturing" phase in their release schedule before the product is GA? A time for all their software and hardware partners to fu
by edub 6y ago
Does Apple have a "Release to Manufacturing" phase in their release schedule before the product is GA? A time for all their software and hardware partners to fully vet their product against the gold master.
- pram 6y agoPresumably the developer beta serves that purpose?
- adenylyl 6y agoThere have been a series of beta releases since June. (For some reason, they say in the linked page that beta releases have only been available since August, but that's not correct).
- pfranz 6y agoI don't maintain software, but I've heard from multiple others that since betas are just dumped and things are quietly added, changed, and removed, it's difficult to trust a beta for development.
- kjakm 6y agoThings aren't quietly added/removed. Each release comes with updated release notes/changelog and typically points out things that are WIP or broken temporarily.