Have a Beta/Test and a Stable channel

[Pedro_Bidarra]

Over the last two updates I noticed that there are always users that have problems, right now, with 2.0.1557, I see that some onboard chips are giving users problems, which are not minor, they are unable to start F360.

So, my suggestion would be to have a two tier approach, where you opt-in into the test tier, you get the latest-greatest before everybody else, but you also venture yourself as a guinea pig.

A week (?) after, those on the stable channel get the update, by then big issues should have been resolved, if they haven't the update is delayed until they do.

This second tier would be recommended for people that favour stability and that their livelyhood depends more on F360 working. Or, say, you are doing a very important project and so you flip the switch to the stable channel. 

There will always be a high percentage that will want to have the bleeding edge, so there will always be a lot of 'testers'.
Right now, we are all on the test channel. 🙂

[Pedro_Bidarra]

Or just delaying the deployment for one or two weeks for those in the 'Stable' channel.

[roambotics_scott]

In this latest case sure but the larger pool of external beta testers will find more bugs that AD's internal testers didn't trigger (or notice)

[Pedro_Bidarra]

I think there would be plenty of people (large pool) willing to participate in the Beta channel.

[charegb]

No promises on dates but we are targetting this for some time early next year.

Bankim

[Anonymous]

Awesome! That's great to hear. I think a lot of users would appreciate it

[Pedro_Bidarra]

Thank you @charegb, those are great news! 

[zodiaceng]

Latest update wiped out all my recent work. Has brought some of my files back to where they were mid January. I'm running a machine shop with all my CAD/CAM in Fusion and have lost a considerable amount of work due to this latest update. 16hrs of work I put in on Saturday here have vanished. Designed fairly detailed fixtures around parts I have coming up today, spent the entire day designing, programming and machining and have a few final details to take care of today, but with the files being completely gone I need to start over from scratch, pushing me back a few days and blowing my deadline. Trying to run a business using unstable software is unacceptable. 

There needs to be a stable environment I can work in or I'll have no choice but to leave F360. I've been very happy with everything aside from continuiously losing my work due to updates. 

I tried calling Autodesk this morning but the numbers I found were disconnected, and can't get ahold of anyone to see what the issue is here. 

[brianrepp]

@zodiaceng - We should be able to get you fixed up.  Could you please send me an email to brian.repp@autodesk.com?

[Pedro_Bidarra]

4 years later...

Still we have problems after an update on production machines.