On Aug 2, 11:19 am, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > > If there were only pre-release versions of Sage available, and no stable > release, then a less prominent message may be ok. But when there are > stable releases, and someone is using one that has not had much testing, > I believe that should be done in the clearest possible terms. > > Also, given the very fast release cycle of Sage (compared to things like > Mathematica, not iTunes), by the time someone is using a pre-release > version, there is probably already a later stable release.
My view is, it takes some effort to get a prerelease version of Sage. You don't just go to sagemath.org and click "Download" -- that always gives you the latest stable version, as far as I can tell. (Do you have to read sage-devel or sage-release to know about the prerelease versions?) Because of this, I hope that someone using a prerelease knows enough about what they're doing that we don't need flashing lights and ringing bells to warn them -- a reminder should be good enough. If someone is imposing a pre-release version on other people by some sort of system-wide installation, then the person doing the installing is probably making a mistake. I hope that the other users will see the current warning and send email to the installer saying "Hey, what does 'unstable' mean? What happened to the old version?" John --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
