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ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> > Well, there's lots of GPG (and stuff) in ognus now, which probably
> > counts as new features...  
> 
> New features for 5.8.8?  It will confuse people that the new features
> in 5.8.8 disappear in 5.9.

Yup.

> What about doing a few relatively stable releases instead of doing
> every alpha releases.

I'm kinda leaning towards doing it this way for Oort, but the problem
is choosing the exact right moment for when Oort is stable.  :-)  I
think it's probably the way to go, though.

-- 
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   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen