To cut down on bugs, Apple is changing how it develops its software

guest · Nov 23, 2019

To cut down on bugs, Apple is changing how it develops its software
The company will make problematic features opt-in in test and development builds
November 23, 2019
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...ple-is-changing-how-it-develops-its-software/

The initial release windows of both iOS 12 and iOS 13 saw users complaining about a plethora of bugs both major and minor. Apple has plans to mitigate this problem when iOS 14 launches next year, according to sources who spoke with Bloomberg.

Under the new methodology, new test builds of Apple's future operating systems will turn certain features deemed to be buggy or to cause usability issues off by default. Testers will be able to opt-in on a feature-by-feature basis in many cases, reducing the likelihood that they will be working with "unlivable" builds.
Bloomberg's sources provided some insight about how Apple assesses the reliability and state of its own software features, as well.

"[...] Apple teams also assign green, yellow and red color codes to features to indicate their quality during development. A priority scale of 0 through 5, with 0 being a critical issue and 5 being minor, is used to determine the gravity of individual bugs."
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The change in approach was directed by Craig Federighi, Apple's head of software engineering, and was announced during an internal meeting. And this would also apply to Apple's other operating systems such as macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and iPadOS.
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