Why is the first build of a new release always bug ridden?
We know that every release of VW has a large number of bug fixes and improvements that are of much benefit. But a new release almost always has a significant number of bugs to discover and address. A large portion of those are not unique to a specific environment, but encountered by most of us.
Could you please consider new methods to prevent and identify such issues before release?
Is there not a method to stress test software on a number of environments and automatically carry out a set of actions on it? Then collect the bug reports and address those.
And also run a beta live here for a few days and ask all customers by email to test the beta before release. This would require the XenForo demo to be much more prominent accessible.