Glenn Skinner wrote:
> (latin) alphabet for its version number, e.g. version 'a',
> version 'b' etc. ; the '+'/'-' means the stabilty status, e.g.
> '-' means its "alpha", no suffix means its "stable" (e.g. ready
> for production usage) and '+' means its a bugfixed stable version
> etc.).
>
> Are we to infer from this nomenclature description that ksh's
> stability level is decreasing as part of this case?
I think there may be a definition overload here:
stability(ARC) => interface evolution over time
-vs-
stability(AST/KSH) => quality and bug levels
I don't believe the interface taxonomy stability levels
are changing at all, but the implied "quality of the release"
metric is.
-John
