[DUG] Delphi 10.2 Tokyo ready for production?

[Jan Bakuwel]

Morning all,

It seems there are 4 options for Delphi/C++ Builder users:

1. Buy a copy when you can afford it and deal with the bugs.
Sometimes (quite regularly if I read the various posts) these bugs are
real show stoppers.

2. Buy a subscription and constantly upgrade the IDE/compilers and 3rd
party component sets.
Only feasible though if you do enough with Delphi/C++ Builder. And you
still need to stomach potentially serious bugs that might well not get
fixed for an unknown amount of time.

3. Keep on dreaming that the next release will be production ready and
has only bugs you can relatively easily work around.
If that dream would come true you surely won't get all the new features
but at least you have a workable toolset. Factor in that the dream might
not come true, it has happened before.

4. Say goodbye to Delphi/C++ Builder

Option 1 is (a bit) risky. Option 2 is not always feasible. Option 3 is
a pipe dream (?).

It seems to me that BECP needs a better QC process, perhaps by asking
the community to help test new releases by offering time limited beta
releases for free and discounts on the final releases for people who
report bugs?? I guess the fact that ownership changes hands often
doesn't help either.

It's never easy...

Jan