Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

When will beta 6 be available?

C DM said:
Certainly interesting data, although Im not sure it necessarily implies that there is an 8.3% chance of it being today, just that historically speaking past releases had an 8.3% rate of appearance on a Friday. That in itself doesn't necessarily have as much impact on a future release as they are independent events essentially. But, yes, in the overall "feeling" type of sense, it makes it appear that Friday is somewhat less popular or perhaps even likely than some other weekdays.
Click to expand...

You're right, I may not have phrased it accurately, but that's what I was getting at. Still hoping to see it today, though :)
 
Glad I'm not that anxious for beta 6 that I keep checking back over and over. I think it (Beta 6) was reported for 20th and GM was reported September. Not sure how credible this source it but here goes: http://bit.ly/ios8beta6
 
thedeejay said:
Glad I'm not that anxious for beta 6 that I keep checking back over and over. I think it (Beta 6) was reported for 20th and GM was reported September. Not sure how credible this source it but here goes: http://bit.ly/ios8beta6
Click to expand...

That "source" says August 15th for Beta 6. They're likely piggy-backing BGR's "report." And I'm pretty sure that Christian Today is not a reliable source for Apple news. :p
 
Back from my walk. Such a nice day. I suggest anyone in the New York metro area to get outside, sunny and low humidity.

Back on topic, I really hope today is the day. :D
 
g-7 said:
And not a single beta was given that day...
Click to expand...

Actually, iOS 7.1 beta 2 was released on Friday, December 12, 2013. There may be others.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_SDK

From the same source, it looks like iOS 5 had multiple Friday beta releases:

iOS 5.0 beta 2 - June 24, 2011
iOS 5.0 beta 4 - July 22, 2011
iOS 5.0 beta 6 - August 19, 2011
iOS 5.01 beta 1 - November 04, 2011
iOS 5.01 Final - November 11, 2011
 
Last edited:
Yeah. It has nothing to do with the day of the week. Apple just didn't release it today.
 
Could still be later today. I feel like I remember seeing releases as late as 4 or 5 pm eastern time.

Either way, it'd be a welcome update, or whatever...
 
iphone5s2013 said:
According statistics, the chance out on Tuesday is high.
Click to expand...
Given that we are petty late into the beta cycle with the release coming up in about a month the chance is actually at least somewhat lower than it might typically be, and certainly pretty far from always.
 
C DM said:
Given that we are petty late into the beta cycle with the release coming up in about a month the chance is actually at least somewhat lower than it might typically be, and certainly pretty far from always.
Click to expand...

The result extracted from wiki (weekday beta out):
Monday: 31 times
Tuesday: 26 times
Friday: 10 times
Wednesday: 20 times
Thursday: 12 times
Saturday: 3 times
Click to expand...

The Tuesday is 2nd :cool:

Ref:
- wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_SDK#SDK_release_history
- code for extract weekday():
Code: 
import calendar,datetime
def fuc(xx,s,p):
    s=s[xx:s.find("  ",xx)]
    if p:
        dp= datetime.datetime.strftime(datetime.datetime.strptime(s, '%B %d, %Y'), '%A')
    else:
        dp= datetime.datetime.strftime(datetime.datetime.strptime(s, '%b %d, %Y'), '%A')
    return dp

f=open("tue")
d={}
while True:
    a = f.readline()
    if not a:
        break
    for i in range(1,13):
        fn=a.find(calendar.month_name[i])
        sn=a.find(calendar.month_abbr[i])
        if fn>=0:
            af=fuc(fn,a, 1)
            if af in d:
                d[af] +=1
            else:
                d[af]=1
            break
        if sn>=0:
            af=fuc(sn,a, 0)
            if af in d:
                d[af] +=1
            else:
                d[af]=1
            break
print d
 
iphone5s2013 said:
The result extracted from wiki (weekday beta out):


The Tuesday is 2nd :cool:

Ref:
- wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_SDK#SDK_release_history
- code for extract weekday():
Code: 
import calendar,datetime
def fuc(xx,s,p):
    s=s[xx:s.find("  ",xx)]
    if p:
        dp= datetime.datetime.strftime(datetime.datetime.strptime(s, '%B %d, %Y'), '%A')
    else:
        dp= datetime.datetime.strftime(datetime.datetime.strptime(s, '%b %d, %Y'), '%A')
    return dp

f=open("tue")
d={}
while True:
    a = f.readline()
    if not a:
        break
    for i in range(1,13):
        fn=a.find(calendar.month_name[i])
        sn=a.find(calendar.month_abbr[i])
        if fn>=0:
            af=fuc(fn,a, 1)
            if af in d:
                d[af] +=1
            else:
                d[af]=1
            break
        if sn>=0:
            af=fuc(sn,a, 0)
            if af in d:
                d[af] +=1
            else:
                d[af]=1
            break
print d
Click to expand...
So essentially what you've shown there is that even in general it's not "always" Tuesday, and not even close to it.

And even if we somehow decide to go with the implication from all of that that the frequency of occurrence is such an important factor, it seems like Monday would be the more rational day to go with (after all why go through the statistics and then pick out the second best fitting answer instead of the first).

Then, furthermore, when we are looking for beta release after beta 5--and that's if there would be any at all at that point (especially when there's roughly just a month left before the final release)--where do those fall (and how that would relate to "always")?
 
Last edited:
Monday, Tuesday, Friday...? Damn public release will be soon, stop wasting your time by waiting for this beta ;) better later but atleast without major issues.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back