Golly 2.3b1 is available for testing

[flipper77]

If no one knows now, I sent an email to golly-test@lists.sourceforge.net and attached a copy of my GollyPrefs file like dvgrn had suggested to me to help clear up any confusion about how the bug is reproduced. If any other information is needed to clear up any more problems, just suggest what additional information I'll need to provide.

[LucasBrown]

Further generation count data: the file at Patterns/Life/Puffers/line-puffer-unstable.rle states

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#C The asymmetric debris destroys the engine of this
#C line puffer after appoximately 9.5 million generations.

and states later on that

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#C The eventual failure occurs when a particular defect appears
#C behind the line puffer.

The exact generation is 9,746,067 for the defect; the last components of the puffer's "head" are destroyed at generation 9,746,134.