Overview of Releases: Stable, Weekly (and Final)
There are two major kinds of releases, “weekly” and “stable” (and one minor one, see below.)
Most people should use stable releases, which is what almost all the download links point to. They are ready to use, tested, intermediate releases. They have complete installers and are known to be usable and reliable. Stable releases come out every several months.
We also offer weekly releases which actually come out every 1-2 weeks. They contain the most cutting edge features and are often less well tested. They are pretty much safe to use, but from time to time we will release a dud. Most programmers and technical folks use the weekly releases. To get the weekly release, click on this link.
Finally, there are final releases which are simply the major project milestones, 1.0, 2.0 etc. They represent a whole release with a complete, consistent and well thought out set of features. It is well tested of course, and probably somewhat better documented.
Recommendation:
- Most people will want to use our stable releases, which are available here as standard installation packages.
- Some people will want to see everything that comes off our drawing board, and they should use the weekly releases
How does one migrate all the accumulated guides and data to the weekly release cycle? I installed the Weekly release but it started empty, and I didn’t have the energy to manually set everything up again. (And I thought I’d ask whether there’s a shortcut.)
Thanks.
Comment by Michael Kolowich — January 25, 2006 @ 5:48 pm
I just wrote up a new FAQ explaining this. Thanks for the comment!
http://www.blogbridge.com/archives/2006/01/how_does_one_mi.php
Comment by Pito Salas — January 25, 2006 @ 6:01 pm
Upgrade + BB-Backup though the menu tools/BB service … that short procedure was just tested with 2.21:
Save, install and load
1. Menu tools/BB service … Sync (optional: /more…/Only save) on the BB server
2. Install weekly version (old stable version still available)
3. Menu tools/BB service … Sync/more…/Sync/Only load from the BB server
A note regarding user rights (tested with 2.21):
If you are a restricted (windows) user then it is possible to install BB-Weekly with restricted rights. I have just checked it successfully with BB-Weekly 2.21. Don’t switch to an admin account because you will not be able to use that installation as a restricted user.
(I have to check this point on future weekly versions)) If it’s the first weekly version installed then the old feed database will not be converted. All RSS feeds start from zero. But as the last stable version (database) is still available that shouldn’t be a big point.
Comment by Markus Merz — June 30, 2006 @ 9:12 am
Hi guys, nice new design
I am missing a link to recent changes (version history).
Comment by Markus Merz — October 28, 2006 @ 11:25 am
Oops, just found it …
http://www.blogbridge.com/category/history-of-changes/
Comment by Markus Merz — October 28, 2006 @ 11:27 am
Weeklies appear to be at 4.7.1, and the current download version is 4.0.1. Is that really the last stable release? Is there a way to download a release between 4.0.1 and 4.7.1, rather than running webstart version? Or is there something I’m just not understanding, here?
Comment by eric — March 20, 2007 @ 8:27 am
@Eric: You are correct. Good news is that we are about to release the next stable, 5.0. Look for it in the next week or so.
Comment by Pito Salas — March 20, 2007 @ 9:32 am
I have difficulties to download the stable releases with the automatic download of the software. Could you make that available from the web site? (Specifically the 5.0.1 version)
Comment by Gianni Stival — April 10, 2007 @ 4:47 am
@Giovani, you can always get the latest stable release for each platform here: http://www.blogbridge.com/downloads/blogbridge/
Comment by Pito Salas — April 10, 2007 @ 8:53 am