Posted by: Anonymous
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on June 10, 2008 05:47 PM
I've always thought that having releases designated by "point" was flat out stupid in the free software world. Why? Because free software lets a user take control and run whatever they want. A user who wants a stable server will be running something like Debian which prides itself over stability, but that same user on a desktop system may be running Sid. It is the user, and NOT the software developer who determines "if it's stable".
Also, since free software gives access to source code at almost every stage in development the differences between a point in time could be more signifigant than the version number.
Some projects have gone to using the svn or git revision date as the version. It doesn't imply that the software is more stable, more mature or better suited for any specific purpose, it simply means it's recieved some form of change.
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Version labeling is out of control
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 70.17.75.218] on June 10, 2008 05:47 PMAlso, since free software gives access to source code at almost every stage in development the differences between a point in time could be more signifigant than the version number.
Some projects have gone to using the svn or git revision date as the version. It doesn't imply that the software is more stable, more mature or better suited for any specific purpose, it simply means it's recieved some form of change.
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