2013-05-03, 03:12
Testing is over and an official v12.2 release is comming soon.
First, if a bug hasn't been fixed yet, don't panic! There's a good chance that we'll be doing a v12.3 as well. So while this specific thread is over, keep testing and post new threads about any issues you find.
There was some regressions between v12.0 and v12.1 that haven't been fixed yet. Devs are working hard and haven't given up, so don't worry. If something hasn't been reported yet, then please do so in a new thread and we'll try to get it in v12.3.
There does not appear to be any confirmed regressions between v12.1 and v12.2, which was the main aim of this thread. Thank you to all our testers and everyone who posted, both in this thread, in others, on IRC, etc. Things went more smoothly thanks to your help, and we greatly appreciate it.
There are a few suspected regressions, but it's not clear on if they're specifically between v12.1 and v12.2, or if they're an actual bug or a configuration change, or something else (sometimes fixing a bug doesn't technically cause a bug, but will expose one that wasn't known about, etc). Again, feel free to keep posting your findings about this, even with v12.2's release.
Please know that, while I did nag you guys about including debug logs and making proper bug reports, I did try to the best of my abilities to look into every posted issue in this thread. We just want to really emphazie that complete reports not only help things go faster, but most often contain the information we need to identify and fix issues. It also might not be practical to look into every issue if there is a flood of incomplete reports, simply because we've all volenteers who do this in our free time. My point here being, I want to make sure no one feels like we don't care about the issue you reported, even if it hasn't been fixed yet, and if we nag on you for more information, it's only because we also want those issues fixed :)
Thank you again to everyone who tested. Even if you didn't post about anything, just knowing that the community is checking things out helps us be more confidant that XBMC is the best it can be.
First, if a bug hasn't been fixed yet, don't panic! There's a good chance that we'll be doing a v12.3 as well. So while this specific thread is over, keep testing and post new threads about any issues you find.
There was some regressions between v12.0 and v12.1 that haven't been fixed yet. Devs are working hard and haven't given up, so don't worry. If something hasn't been reported yet, then please do so in a new thread and we'll try to get it in v12.3.
There does not appear to be any confirmed regressions between v12.1 and v12.2, which was the main aim of this thread. Thank you to all our testers and everyone who posted, both in this thread, in others, on IRC, etc. Things went more smoothly thanks to your help, and we greatly appreciate it.
There are a few suspected regressions, but it's not clear on if they're specifically between v12.1 and v12.2, or if they're an actual bug or a configuration change, or something else (sometimes fixing a bug doesn't technically cause a bug, but will expose one that wasn't known about, etc). Again, feel free to keep posting your findings about this, even with v12.2's release.
Please know that, while I did nag you guys about including debug logs and making proper bug reports, I did try to the best of my abilities to look into every posted issue in this thread. We just want to really emphazie that complete reports not only help things go faster, but most often contain the information we need to identify and fix issues. It also might not be practical to look into every issue if there is a flood of incomplete reports, simply because we've all volenteers who do this in our free time. My point here being, I want to make sure no one feels like we don't care about the issue you reported, even if it hasn't been fixed yet, and if we nag on you for more information, it's only because we also want those issues fixed :)
Thank you again to everyone who tested. Even if you didn't post about anything, just knowing that the community is checking things out helps us be more confidant that XBMC is the best it can be.