On Mon, Jan 11, 1999 at 12:04:08PM -0500, cross_at_eng.us.uu.net wrote:
>
> Dominik Vogt <dominik_vogt_at_hp.com> said:
> > I don't mind telling people it's broken. 2.1.7 is a beta.
> > That explains everything. Betas may be buggy and are not
> > meant to be used in production. I don't see a reason why
> > we should make new releases fast becaus of bugs as long
> > as they don't really break up fvwm completely.
>
> So what do you recommend people use in production? I was under the
> understanding that all of 2.x was beta. Is 2.0.46 recommended as
> "production", or some sort?
It is and it is not. It has proven stable for years now,
so it is the recommended release (although not officially).
2.0.46 is not a beta in the same way 2.1.x is. While some older
releases were commonly taken as 'stable', the new 2.1.x series
(and all with an odd number in the second digit) deserves the
label 'beta'. The betas are strictly debugging releases now.
> > Having a release cycle that is too short might discourage
> > people to use all these betas. I think 2.1.8 should not
> > come before next week.
>
> Agreed, but if you're recommending 1.x as "production", then it
> should be argued that that release cycle is way too long...
It is and we're aware of it. There has never been an official fvwm2
release and the last 2.0.x has been ages ago. That's why we are all
so busy to finally get the 'stable' 2.2. I hope in the future we
can settle with a more healty release cycle. I think 2.4, the next
'stable' release after 2.2 should be ready this year, not five years
in the future as it has been in the past (OK, I'm pushing it a bit).
Bye
Dominik
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