We provide our customers with as much information as possible during
every phase of Rhino development. We rely on customer input to:
- Set priorities
- Refine features
- Help us solve problems unique to their systems, processes, and
related software
Current development status
èPhase 0: Rhino
4.0 Service Releases and Labs Projects -
Ongoing
èPhase 1: Rhino
5.0 Work-in-Progress -
(at least 6 months) -
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èPhase 2:
Rhino 5.0 Beta - (at least 6 months)
èPhase 3:
Rhino 5.0 Final - Release projected to be
in 2010
Phase 0:
Service releases
and
labs projects
- Service releases are bug fix releases that users can download after
the final release of every major new version.
- Labs projects are plug-ins for the current release.
They are early prototypes of features that will be in the
next major release. Available now...
Phase 1:
Work-in-Progress
At the start of the new version development process, we release a
Work-in-Progress (WIP) version to test new ideas and technologies that have
been prototyped.
WIP releases (many call this the Alpha release
phase) are not production ready, and many ideas and technologies
are only
prototyped.
All current Rhino users are invited to get involved. Customer feedback at this stage
has the most impact on
how features and enhancements are designed.
The WIP phase
normally takes more than 6 months.
Phase 2: Beta
Once we have most of the core changes finished and tested, we start
releasing beta versions. The beta versions should be production ready
but may not have all the features or a final user interface.
The beta phase can take another 6
months or more.
Note: Each beta release expires after about two months. A
newer beta is always available before expiration.
This ensures that bugs are reported for the latest version, and that we don't
receive reports for bugs that are already fixed.
Phase 3: Release
We release a new version only when the beta users tell us it is
ready.
Beta users are informed when we have stopped development and have
released the new version to production. The final beta will not expire for
at least two months after the new release starts shipping.
