---- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 5:10
PM
Subject: 1.14 vs. 1.15 GEMS
versions
Needless to say, the changes
were extensive. The paint is still wet, and I expect people will
want some tweaks in functionality as well as the obligatory bug fixes.
We'll treat the early 1.15 series as "prereleases" for LHS testing so
California does not have to suffer. Once 1.15 looks at least as
solid as 1.14 though, we'll end the 1.14 branch. 1.14 and earlier
Databases will upgrade to 1.15 without harm as usual. People testing
1.14 are encouraged to try out 1.15 to avoid any surprises when they are
forced to upgrade. Ken
Is it the intention of development staff that California
March election will be run on some version of 1.14 or will we end up in
the 1.15 range. Can you comment on the following: Are the changes
being made now to 1.15 GEMS things that are in the ballot layout realm, and
will not impact ballot processing, or tabulation issues?? In other
words, is it possible that changes made from now on will break things we're
starting to test, such as memory card up/download, central count,
etc. We are beginning testing of 1.14.4 this week. Should we be
testing with something else?
I guess a little summary picture of what you expect
over the next 3 weeks of testing would be helpful. I'd say we will have
to lock down GEMS by mid - February, AVTS ballot station is to go
on-line, along with a pollbook function by Feb. 7, but we are supposed to do
testing and L&A prior to this. No panic yet, just wondering
where we're going to lock some of this down for the March
primary.