(and now from the correct address)

Hey folks,

while asking for 2.2.7 being included in gentoo-linux (2.2 is included
right now) I found out that 2.2.7 is released as "experimental" and the
last "stable" release is 2.2(.0).
The releases in the 2.2.x-tree seem to fix quite some issues therefore
I'm wondering why there's been no stable release since
2.2.
Is there any common scheme you are following between stable and
exeperimental release like 2.2.x is experimental and
2.3.x is stable or how comes that the first 2.2-release has been
declared stable while the subsequent 2.2.x releases are experimental?


Thanks in advance,

thomas

On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 13:49 +0200, Thomas Seifert wrote:[...]

The x.y versions are "stable" (known good at time of release). x.y.z
versions (aka "experimental") are intermediate, between x.y and x.(y +
1), and less thoroughly tested than the others, though we try to make
them usable. Right now the latest stable is 2.2, latest experimental is
2.2.7 and next stable will be 2.3 (almost ready).[...]

Robert Segall schrieb:[...][...][...]
Do we have any chance for a change in this area?
As far as I can tell from the changelog there where quite a few bugs
from 2.2.0 fixed in later 2.2.x releases but
these were all marked as experimental.


Thanks,

thomas

On Tue, 2007-04-03 at 20:42 +0200, Thomas Seifert wrote:[...]

And what would that change be?[...]

Robert Segall schrieb:[...][...][...]
Maybe a change like:
2.3 is stable all subsequent releases like 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and so on are
bugfix releases only and keep the stable status
2.4 will be the new development branch with new features until a new
stable status has been reached with maybe 2.4.5 or something from which
on all subsequent releases in 2.4.x will be stable releases ... .

I'm simply missing the bugfix releases instead there are the
experimental releases which already have bugfixes but also new features.

Just my 2c.

Regards,

thomas

Am Mittwoch, 4. April 2007 20:21 schrieb Thomas Seifert:[...]

Or just use the version schema of apache, gimp and linux kernel before 2.6: 
even minor versions are stable releases where the third number represents 
bugfix-releases and odd minor versions are for experimental releases. When a 
experimental branch is stablized (e.g. 2.3.15) it becomes the new stable 
relase (in this case 2.4.0)
[...]

Regards,

Uwe

> Maybe a change like:[...]

The 2.3 series was really quite stable, despite being labeled 
experimental.  I don't think you have much to worry about when running 
it - but that said - be a good admin and always have a plan in case an 
upgrade has a bug that affects you!

Plus, how will bugs get fixed / features get tested if people don't try 
the experimental branches? :)

Regards,[...]