a.l.e wrote: > hi craig > >> Major != stable >> >> Major = large number of changes/improvements to features and lots of bug >> fixes etc >> > > you are talking to a world of people who speak only broken english... > > i guess we should avoid any possible source of misunderstanding!
Ermm, no, unstable has always been mentioned.. that is the important term. major/minor/whatever. unstable is unstable > > > and, well, if i want to be nitpicking, major relaeses are > > 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 Context is everything > > minor releases are > > 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6 > > and patch levels are > > 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.5 > > (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versionsnummer) > > as scribus doesn't want to go for 2.0, i'm happy with 1.4 as a major > release, but certainly i would never label as such a 1.3.5 developement > release. > > > so i'd like you to use terms like development and production versions or > stable and unstable. officially calling 1.3.5 a major release (with a > beta version and two release candidates!) will lead to 1.3.5 being seen > as the current stable release! > > right now people on this list and on irc are suggesting to newbies to > install and use 1.3.5. i think i will stop contradicting them, if the > announces are not made a bit more clear... > i'm not don quichotte! Nobody ever said that. If they did, shoot them. Craig
