ProcessMaker stable Version
ProcessMaker stable VersionStarting this year we released our ProcessMaker stable version. With this we started something different on the way of our releases.
We are working with different branches one for a Stable version and other for Development version just as 90% opensource projects already are.
But the main thing here is that we have standardized the development cycle having this main stages (For mor info about the stages please refer to this Wikipedia entry):
1- Alpha (Development)
2- Beta (Ready for Testing)
3- RC (Release Candidate)
Each stage have another number that depends of the times the cycle touch that stage (ex. RC2 means that the software is a Release Candidate 2 and there are some minor bugs fixed)
With this we pretend to have a very stable version of ProcessMaker that will be released tested deeply before the first RC and fixing possible bugs in that RC quickly and without the risk of including features taht are not tested at all.
Following the Continuous Improvement philosophy the QA is becoming something more complex each time since we are including more unit tests in Alpha stage, more Automatizaed Test Cases and Real Test Cases in Beta stage, more actors/testers in Beta stage (even the community could be a Beta Tester!) and a Great Support department for our RC releases.
So we encourage you to use PM as your BPM System!
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SzK was here. Out off the blue.
Keeping my fingers crossed for you, your blog, stable release and a Great Support department!