The Logos 7 Beta Program

 

!! Development Cycle

Every six to seven weeks, the Faithlife Corporation releases new 64 bit versions of Logos 7, Verbum 7, and Noet 7, with new/improved feature(s)/dataset(s)/interactive(s) and bug fixes. Before these new versions are released officially, Faithlife provides public *Beta* test releases for both Windows and mac OS (OS X). Typically Faithlife publishes several Beta releases over a period of one to two months. Each new release will have more features (some are exclusive to [[LogosNow>> https://www.logos.com/now]] and [[Verbum Now >> https://verbum.com/now]]), be more stable, OR be faster than previous builds - that means Beta releases can be buggy: can crash (sometimes a lot), some features might not work as expected, may corrupt (or destroy) your data, or have any number of other unfortunate, unforeseen consequences. [[Faithlife therefore recommends that you only install Beta version(s) on a dedicated testing account >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/52967.aspx]] (although some brave souls don't take that advice! - knowing some bugs exist for long time). [[Logos Speaks]] has links to many design decisions.

Every six to seven weeks, the Faithlife Corporation releases new 64 bit versions of Logos 7, Verbum 7, and Noet 7, with new/improved feature(s)/dataset(s)/interactive(s) and bug fixes. Before these new versions are released officially, Faithlife provides public *Beta* test releases for both Windows and mac OS (OS X). Typically Faithlife publishes several Beta releases over a period of one to two months. Each new release will have more features (some are exclusive to [[FaithlifeConnect>> https://connect.faithlife.com/]] and [[Verbum Now >> https://verbum.com/now]]), be more stable, OR be faster than previous builds - that means Beta releases can be buggy: can crash (sometimes a lot), some features might not work as expected, may corrupt (or destroy) your data, or have any number of other unfortunate, unforeseen consequences. [[Faithlife therefore recommends that you only install Beta version(s) on a dedicated testing account >> http://community.logos.com/forums/t/52967.aspx]] (although some brave souls don't take that advice! - knowing some bugs exist for long time). [[Logos Speaks]] has links to many design decisions.

 

Towards the end of a development cycle, Faithlife Corporation will release builds that should be stable enough for daily use - a release candidate (RC).  If no significant bugs are found in release candidate after a short period (a few days), Faithlife will make that release available to everyone (often referred to as 'Gold').  If bugs are found, they'll be fixed in a new release candidate (RC2), and the process continues until no more significant bugs are found.  Service releases (SR) fix signi (…)

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!! How do I join the beta program?

The beta program is available to all Logos and Verbum users. The [[Logos Desktop Beta forum >> http://community.logos.com/forums/106.aspx]] discusses beta issues, which can include interaction with Faithlife developers. Please read and heed [[*IMPORTANT* Beta Testing Information/Warnings >> https://community.logos.com/forums/t/52967.aspx]]{{#includesLogos7Betadownloadlinksfor[[Windows>>https://downloads.logoscdn.com/LBS7/InstallerBeta/LogosSetup.exe]]and[[OSX>>https://downloads.logoscdn.com/LBS7/InstallerBeta/LogosMac.dmg]]}}

The beta program is available to all Logos and Verbum users. The [[Logos Desktop Beta forum >> http://community.logos.com/forums/106.aspx]] discusses beta issues, which can include interaction with Faithlife developers. Please read and heed [[*IMPORTANT* Beta Testing Information/Warnings >> https://community.logos.com/forums/t/52967.aspx]]

 

* On PC and mac OS, to join current and future beta releases, use command *set update channel to beta*