During Firefox 2 development, too many people were under the impression
that nightlies were end-user releases because they were called
"Firefox", so nightlies were re-branded as "Minefield".

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On 3/16/2011 9:16 AM, Chris Ilias wrote:
> On 11-03-16 8:55 AM, BigWallyFilms wrote:
>> When I tried to install a nightly build of Firefox (3/16/11 - Windows
>> 32-bit) it calls itself "Minefield"? "You are now installing
>> Minefield", it says and installs it into a folder called Minefield.
>> Very confusing. Are they trying to confuse us?
>
> During Firefox 2 development, too many people were under the impression
> that nightlies were end-user releases because they were called
> "Firefox", so nightlies were re-branded as "Minefield".
>

LOL.  Very reassuring...  Suggestive of impact and performance?

More to give the impression that this could be a dangerous ground to
traverse.
Nightlies often fail, catastrophically.  Don't try them if you are
easily frustrated, mind having your favorite extension crater even
though it worked fine yesterday.  Just about anything can happen, and does.

I would like to see them do the same with SeaMonkey nightlies. I have
been known to open the wrong version even though I use separate profiles.

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On 11-03-16 10:07 AM, Ron Hunter wrote:
> More to give the impression that this could be a dangerous ground to
> traverse.
> Nightlies often fail, catastrophically.

In the old days, yes. Nowadays, because of improvements to automated
testing and the build system, nightlies are much more stable than they
used to be.

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On 3/16/2011 12:34 PM, Chris Ilias wrote:
> On 11-03-16 10:07 AM, Ron Hunter wrote:
>> More to give the impression that this could be a dangerous ground to
>> traverse.
>> Nightlies often fail, catastrophically.
>
> In the old days, yes. Nowadays, because of improvements to automated
> testing and the build system, nightlies are much more stable than they
> used to be.

Very true, but I still find some that just won't run now and then.  Wait
a few days, and such problems are resolved.  Generally, nightlies are
pretty stable, but users who aren't inclined to be patient about strange
failures would do well to avoid them.

Very true.