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! 13 Beta 3
! 13 Beta 3
| March 29th 2014 || [http://xbmc.org/xbmc-13-0-gotham-beta-3-returns/ blog post] || 78 || 46 || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/android/arm/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3-armeabi-v7a.apk ARM] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/android/x86/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3-x86.apk x86] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/ios/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_13.0-0~b3_iphoneos-arm.deb iDevice] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/atv2/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_13.0-0~b3_iphoneos-arm.deb ATV2] || [https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable PPA] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/i386/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3-i386.dmg 32bit] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/x86_64/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3-x86_64.dmg 64bit] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/win32/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3.exe DL]
| March 29th 2014 || [http://xbmc.org/xbmc-13-0-gotham-beta-3-returns/ blog post] || 78 || 46 || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/android/arm/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3-armeabi-v7a.apk ARM] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/android/x86/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3-x86.apk x86] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/ios/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_13.0-0~b3_iphoneos-arm.deb iDevice] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/atv2/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_13.0-0~b3_iphoneos-arm.deb ATV2] || [https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable PPA] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/i386/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3-i386.dmg 32bit] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/x86_64/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3-x86_64.dmg 64bit] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/win32/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta3.exe DL]
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! 13 Beta 4
| April 19th 2014 || [http://xbmc.org/xbmc-13-0-gotham-beta-4/ blog post] || 78 || 46 || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/android/arm/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta4-armeabi-v7a.apk ARM] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/android/x86/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta4-x86.apk x86] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/ios/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-ios_13.0-0~b4_iphoneos-arm.deb iDevice] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/apt/pre-release/atv2/deb/org.xbmc.xbmc-atv2_13.0-0~b4_iphoneos-arm.deb ATV2] || [https://launchpad.net/~team-xbmc/+archive/unstable PPA] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/i386/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta4-i386.dmg 32bit] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/osx/x86_64/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta4-x86_64.dmg 64bit] || [http://mirrors.xbmc.org/releases/win32/xbmc-13.0-Gotham_beta4.exe DL]|}


== Other test builds ==
== Other test builds ==

Revision as of 06:19, 19 April 2014

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▶ Development builds

Gotham is the code name for the next version of XBMC, v13. These development builds, often called "pre-Gotham" or "pre-release" builds, are what will eventually lead to the final Gotham version. In contrast to the stable builds (v12 Frodo) you don't have to wait for the release in order to benefit from new features or fixes that made it into XBMC.

THESE BUILDS MAY BE LESS STABLE and are only for users that do not fear bugs or occasional crashes. They are mostly used for development. If you want a stable HTPC, this is not the place for you! They do help us in testing for the upcoming releases.

Nightly build

Nightly Builds are made on a daily basis and contain the most recent changes. They are also the most unstable of the development builds, until "feature freeze" where only bug fixes are made.

Note: v13 Betas are now out, but nightly builds are still being made. If you want the most recent beta-fixes for v13 Gotham then you will want to still use these nightly builds.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING NIGHTLY BUILDS

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/nightlies/


Monthly build

Monthly builds are semi-stable nightly snapshots of the current development version. They are a step between (often) unstable nightly builds and stable release builds, though they can sometimes still be very unstable depending on various factors.

XBMC developers have a merge cycle every month for new features and major changes. For ten days they add new features, then for the rest of the month they fix things. The monthly is then taken from a nightly just before they start adding features again. For this reason, they are often more stable than the average nightly build.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING MONTHLY BUILDS

http://mirrors.xbmc.org/snapshots/

Betas and release candidates

When XBMC gets close to a stable release, public betas will be released. These are similar to nightlies and monthlies in that they still contain bugs, but are more stable and are encouraged to be tried out. At the point where XBMC reaches beta, most known bugs have been fixed, and developers are now looking for bugs they might not know about.

When XBMC beta gets to a point where it seems ready for a final release a "Release Candidate", or "RC", is released to flesh out any final bugs. Depending on any issues found, there may be multiple release candidates.

After release candidates comes a final stable build that becomes XBMC v13, aka Gotham.

ALWAYS BACKUP YOUR USERDATA FOLDER WHEN USING BETAS

Changes: https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commits/Gotham