[GRASS5] Let's release 5.4 asap

Markus Neteler neteler at itc.it
Mon Oct 4 03:36:21 EDT 2004


On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 04:35:52PM +1200, Hamish wrote:
> > > > > Straight away we could delete 5.0 from the list on the 
> > > > > front page leaving only 5.3 and 5.7 I think.
> > > > 
> > > > I'll do that if there aren't objections.
> ..
> > 
> > OK, done.
> >  
> > > Maybe we could come up with a word more stable than "Testing" for
> > > 5.3?
> 
> 
> The trouble lies in the dual meaning of the word stable of course.
> 
> To the user, "stable" means bug free.
> To the developers, "stable" means frozen API.
>  (which means theoretically fewer bugs, but as in this case, not always)
> 
> I think having just "Testing" and "Development" versions up will put
> people off. I suggest we use "Final Testing" instead of "Testing"?
> (or something like that) It's a lot more encouraging.
 

Yes, changed for 5.3 (thanks to Paolo Cavallini for another page overhaul). 
Please have another look.

Markus




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