Thx, I will get the last stable build, I think I've enough to learn on the moment. And than its good to know that if something doesn't work its your own bug and not a bug in the core.
thx, Uipko ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michiel Meeuwissen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:09 PM Subject: Re: wich version to start with > 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 > > -- > Michiel Meeuwissen > Mediapark C101 Hilversum > +31 (0)35 6772979 > nl_NL, eo, en_US > mihxil' > []() >
