Does CTP == Reimage?

re: Does CTP == Reimage?

hannespreishuber — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:07:51 GMT

CTP's can be good or evil- it depends.

my sugesstions:

-reduce the amount of ctp's (eg AJAX as bad example)

-make public and non-public CTP's. The private community must sign NDA's and have NOT to publish anything. One of the biggest issues today is, what ctp is the author in this article using I found on google.

-focus on quality, of code, of setup, of documentation. A product never looses a negative start image

re: Does CTP == Reimage?

Mathias — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 14:21:39 GMT

If you decide to use virtual machine images, you could share a common base image with other product groups, for example the VS Orcas team.

re: Does CTP == Reimage?

Victor Lee — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 10:43:54 GMT

Well, the two biggest hurdles to a installing a CTP is trying to get the previous one completely uninstalled and waiting through the install of the new one. I think if the install/uninstall process were streamlined (faster and cleaner), it would go a long way toward making CTPs easier.

As for the virtual machine idea, I tried that with the current Orcas CTP's, but found that the VirtualPC instance to run much more slowly than the normally installed one, so I would prefer a normal setup whenever possible.

BTW, I can't wait for the first Katmai CTP to come out - I'd like to see all of the new stuff that's been under development over the past year!