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Apple Releases Second Golden Master of macOS Sierra for Developers
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LOL until tomorrow or the next day when/if we see 10.0.2 ... that will have been the "real" GM
I clearly can't choose the golden master in front of you.
i guess you have to wait for an email from apple or something because it says my code was already redeemed, thanks by the way!
Typically that's the case, but once in a great while they find something that needs fixing before the general release and they issue another GM.
To me, GM just means they've created a new branch that they deem as the final stable version barring any last minute changes. They'll continue to update the branch until they're happy and push the final code to the store. They've already started to work on 10.12.1 branch a few months ago.
"Golden Master" always makes me giggle. I'm so stooopid. lol
Back on point, this has happened before since moving to 10.7 annual development. A few OS's had 2-3 GM releases just before launch.
Back on point, this has happened before since moving to 10.7 annual development. A few OS's had 2-3 GM releases just before launch.
I think it comes from the days when the final release of a software package was released to production (usually the folks who created the CD or DVD). From that so-called "golden master" you create all CDs, today of course we have mostly downloaded version release and/or USB stick release. I think Apple may have coined the term.
He is right though, Apple never released a new update after the first hour, it was the same version but there was a server failure on their side that rendered the update broken for some people during that first hour.
I'm not a witch, I am your wife.
To be fair, and give them the benefit of the doubt, the people that write these articles are most likely not developers, or haven't had much experience in the software development lifecycle "world". So, if a reader is a developer themselves, they should hopefully have enough exposure to SDLC themselves that they would know the true state of how things are with GM images, and take all that into account when reading these types of articles, and would at least be a little bit more forgiving to the author's here.
Then he is even more false since there was no update. Just a normal big iOS release where the servers are getting hammered and normal people can't handle this.
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You clearly should visit Wikipedia for checking what GM means. Thank you.
If Apple was as close to certain as possible that a release would not need updates, they would release it to the public. The whole point of a beta system is to leverage user feedback to help find issues before wide release.
Of course everyone knows that, they just like to give Apple a hard time because they give the impression that they don't think they make mistakes. Even though Jobs and Cook both readily acknowledge that mistakes are made.
More clear and timely changelog would be nice, however. (I get the security issues being withheld, but assuming there are other issues.)
Maybe they decided to fix SMB after niglecting it since Yosemite...
*Rolls ond the ground laughing*
*Rolls ond the ground laughing*
Apple is misusing the term. If they can change it before release to the public, the correct term is RC, release candidate. GM (or equivalently RTM) implies no changes, because it's been sent to the CD factory, hence "master".
What you should is the button is labeled "Download" instead of "Open" indicating that clicking it will download a newer version. Very "subtle".
All GM means is all the frameworks and drivers etc. are set in stone. If they find a bug that could interfere then they recompile it before release to the public or RTM.
Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.
Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.
So if we go to the App store, under purchased, and we are running an older GM version, how do we know what the version is in the App store? Just says MacOS Sierra, Sep 8, 2016, and option to download it...
Only because I'm curious, is their a standards body that advises on these terms and their intended usage, or does each company determine how they plan to use them?
Maybe they're reinstating HiDPI resolutions for monitors higher than 1080p.
That would be nice.
That would be nice.
This is the Platinum Master then.
But generally, Golden Master usually means "this is absolutely positively what we're gonna ship - unless someone finds a major problem with it."