Am 11.12.2013 11:14, schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd:
Sven Barth wrote:
Am 11.12.2013 10:05, schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd:
Bart wrote:
2.7 branch will never be a stable release.
Eventually we'll get a 2.8 release.
I think that needs to be made to sound more deliberate, for Dennis's
benefit. Please could any of the core team jump on me if some
detail's wrong, but:
You are nearly correct excep:
There are some things in trunk which will go into 2.8, others will
remain in trunk when it becomes 2.9, others will be removed or left
optional for experimentation.
2.7.1 will become 2.8 sooner or later (*) and what's in trunk at that
time will also be in 2.8.0 (and normally we don't deliberately remove
things... ^^ ).
* To be more precise: 2.8 will be branched from 2.7.1 and 2.7.1 will
then become 2.9.1.
But you do reserve the right to spring surprises on people who use
odd-numbered releases incautiously.
I've certainly been confused at times. I forget the detail, but IIRC
it was something like an ARM fpu variant which was more robust in
2.5.1 despite 2.6.0 having been released... that example might be
inaccurate but I'm just trying to emphasise as part of the FAQ that
there are pitfalls for somebody who tries to use odd-numbered releases
"just because they're the most recent".
I don't remember the FPU part right now, but it might have been shortly
after the branch of 2.6.0 and before the renaming of trunk from 2.5.1 to
2.7.1...
Regards,
Sven
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