====== Perpetual Beta ======
===== What is it? =====
In order to let users benefit from recent changes: we introduce the **perpetual beta**. It does not have the quality of an actual release, since there are still some bug-fixes or features missing, which are planned for the next release. **BUT** still perpetual beta versions are stable and tested. So if you want to try some of the new features or want to benefit from the new bug-fixes, the perpetual beta is the right thing for you. Keep in mind that this is **no release** and some strange things may occur if you use many different polymake versions.

===== How do I get it? =====
The new git betas are published via github: [[https://github.com/polymake/polymake/tree/Snapshots]]

You need a **git** client to use the perpetual beta. The changelog can be found in the github commit history. The [[reldocs>snapshot|reference documentation]] can be found [[reldocs>snapshot|here]].

You can check it out to a new folder with:
<code>
git clone --branch Snapshots https://github.com/polymake/polymake.git polymake-beta
</code>

**To apply later updates** change into the directory and just use the command: ''git pull''.

Check the instructions on how to build polymake ([[install:install|Linux]], [[install:macos:source|Mac]]).

===== Something's wrong with my wrappers =====
It might happen that you get some strange errors, when combining the perpetual beta version with other versions. You could try to delete the folders named like\\ ''~/.polymake/wrappers.N''. If this doesn't work you can try and delete all your private polymake settings by removing the ''~/.polymake'' folder.