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ok i have read a recent rant/question about the up dates i totally disagree with it but i do believe that it would be considerate to get most of the bugs out of an update before setting it into place

here is my question

when you do up dates how long do you test it?
i mean i know you use your beta grid but shouldnt you wait till everything is ok i am no computer genuss so i do not understand everything that gose into these up dates but i do understand that it dose take time i do hope you take more than a week to do it between updates

i really think that answering this question may help some of the more um... colorful questions dwendle down to a minimal i happen to be haveing a bad day but i do not feel that the colorful expresions i have read so far are nessasary

i really wouldnt mind knowing as close as you can tell me what the update testing process is like say this up date when did you start planing it, testing it and deside it was ready to come out
thank you very much if you answer this post if not well atleast i got one idea out there take some more time testing it poeple would rather wait for the up date than wait to log in

Joe Miller gave a great summary on August 14 of how the release process works on the blog, titled Releases: past, present and future.

Testing is currently handled by a team at Linden Lab with a great deal of help from Residents on the beta grids. There's no real typical length of time for something to be tested -- it really depends on the number and criticality of bugs that are uncovered. And of course, even with the best test situation in the world, the fact that we don't currently test new features on the main grid means that we're bound to find at least a few new problems when we update.

The solution isn't necessarily longer testing periods, but finding a way to only update a part of the grid at a time. This way those who prefer not to have to deal with a new release until it's been available for a while on the main grid can hold off. This is part of a larger effort known as "Rapid Deploy", and you should hear more about it in the coming months.