C’mon, that’s what PR’s, RCs, and betas are for
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thann@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year agoWhy would you want people to test your software on all sorts of random hardware when you could just pay people to test it on a smaller scale!
EmilyIsTrans@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
victorz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Lots of people make a PR very early though, just to keep track of development and have a space to jot down thoughts and ideas, and get feedback during.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Would you really want everyone in the world looking at every end of day commit before you’ve refactored it into something vaguely passable?
boonhet@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Who tf looks at feature branches unless it’s particularly relevant to them or they’re reviewing a PR?
It’s not like they merge half-baked features straight to master every day lol
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 year ago
So what exactly are we losing?
boonhet@lemm.ee 1 year ago
You can’t review changes in the next build before it’s actually released?
Currently you can still keep up with the master branch. PRs are merged a fair bit more often than new builds are made.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 year ago
When that code is used on devices all over the world for many very important tasks, yes.
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Why do you feel that Vs when merges happen?
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
Honestly, it has been fine. Almost nobody really pays attention to anything they don’t care about, and most people who do care tend to be pretty helpful.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Heck, I’ll sometimes make a
wip.difffile and scp it back and forth between work and home machines just because the code feels not ready for other eyes.pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 1 year ago
While I’m way too lazy to do that myself, I respect you for the skill and effort.
victorz@lemmy.world 1 year ago
😅 it’s not often nowadays, I’m not fresh meat at work anymore so I feel less insecure these days lol