Is there an option to be a beta tester? If yes, how can we sign up?

  • curioushom@lemmy.one
    2·
    1 year ago

    The whole software is currently considered alpha. If you want to test bleeding edge stuff, you could build the main branch locally and test that. Or you could use the app releases and report bugs on github (the devs would much prefer pull requests fixing bugs than just reports and they’re great at merging). I’m not a dev but I have contributed to the app.

    • Bappity@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      definitely, I see a lot of bugs being fixed that’d I’d like to take advantage of but have to wait for version releases 😭

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        Ok, but just so you know, it wouldn’t merely be a faster way to get new features, it would have a lot of downsides, such as:

        • you’d have to update manually
        • it would have a different app name
        • it could blow your data away without warning (just for the testing app)
        • you might not be able to use your favorite instance if there’s an upcoming lemmy backend upgrade
        • there will probably be a ton of bugs

        If that sounds good, I’ll discuss it with the other developers and see what we can do. I think we can rig up a nightly or weekly build somewhere.

        Or you can do what I do and build it from source. Once it’s set up, it’s pretty quick.