Uipko Berghuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just installed the stable version 1.6.3 but i'm wondering if its not
> better to get the last build? Right now I'm learning how everything works
> but soon i've to build a pretty complex webside with it. And looking at the
> posts there are a couple big changes in the new builds. What will u 'the
> experts' suggest?


You could at least consider a 'stable build'. There are quite of lot of bugfixes/small 
improvements
(mainly in editwizards).

An 'unstable' build (from CVS HEAD) is an option too, because it includes some major 
improvements
and bug-fixes which are not available in stable builds. But well, there is a certain 
risc, because
well, it is unstable. Unstable for two reasons:

1. An unstable build might simply not work. You should test your site any way, so that 
is simple to
   find out.

2. New features might be unstable in the sense that they will be changed before the 
actual
   release. You should be prepared to fix your site later when using them. New 
features may also not
   yet be documented properly.

The current nighly builds from 1.7 are pretty good I think, and I dare to develop 
web-sites on it,
also because I'm actually developing 1.7, so I need a test-ground. Being a developer I 
can also
judge fairly well what is likely to be changed before the release.

A newby I would advice to use 1.6, because it's behaviour is certainly more well 
defined.

In http://www.mmbase.org/bug you could get an impression on what is fixed only in 1.7. 
I would also
advice to /join #mmbase on slashnet, if you're considering using 1.7 because you feel 
that you
stumble into limitations of 1.6.

greetings,

 Michiel

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