Thread: Should FIRST Release the 2009 Control System beta Libraries and information?
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Re: Should FIRST Release the 2009 Control System beta Libraries and information?
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Originally Posted by Elliot Swart View Post
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While I have no doubt that many teams will choose to sit out the beta test and wait for the results, there should be a way for teams who want to see the libraries to do so. To ensure that teams who look at beta code and information know about the risks of using beta code, perhaps they could register to get read-only access to the beta test forum. This would also prevent the problem of having 1500+ solutions generated for each problem.

Even with the libraries, without the CompactRIO the non-beta test teams are not going to be activly debugging them. We will just get an overview of how the robot is controlled. While we need a beta test, there is no reason why non-beta test teams shouldn't have access to the beta information if they want it.
Tell that to FIRST. FIRST, for reasons known only to them, has chosen not to release the information. If this is to change, teams must ask for it. Also, there is the public forum.

Once again, if we want a change in FIRST, we must ask FIRST to change.
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