How often should I update esp-idf?

[clarkster]

I'm developing an application for my own use.

For you more professional developers, how often do you update your esp folder containing eep-idf and extensa?

I see that the esp-idf GitHub is being updated every day or so. Do you guys update whenever you see the repository has changed?

Or do you wait until a new release is announced, unless you have specific problems that you know an update will fix?

[Gfast2]

I'm developing an application for my own use.

For you more professional developers, how often do you update your esp folder containing eep-idf and extensa?

I see that the esp-idf GitHub is being updated every day or so. Do you guys update whenever you see the repository has changed?

Or do you wait until a new release is announced, unless you have specific problems that you know an update will fix?

As often as possible I believe.

[Lucas.Hutchinson]

It does depend a little bit on what parts of the IDF you are using.

If v2.1 has all the support you need, and you are looking for api stability etc, then sticking with a specific release of the IDF is a good plan.

However if, like me, you need some of the features of the upcoming v3.0 if the IDF then I would recommend updating regularly at least until v3.0 is officially released.

Personally I am currently updating about once per week. Once v3.0 is released i will likey not update the IDF version of my project until future stable versions are released as v3.0 has most of the features i want (apart from some low power optimisations for BLE)