* Stable?
@ 2000-05-29 8:15 Nemeth Ervin
2000-05-29 8:19 ` Stable? jarausch
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From: Nemeth Ervin @ 2000-05-29 8:15 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
Hi,
I don't want to look impatient, but when will 3.1 become stable? 3.0 is
getting 4-years old.
Just because most answers in zsh-users contain: "3.1 already has this
feature", "you can do it by ..., but in 3.1 it is more simple: ..." and so on.
--
Ervin
"Natura unum os et duas aures nobis dedit, quasi admoneret, ut multa
audiremus et pauca diceremus."
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* Re: Stable?
2000-05-29 8:15 Stable? Nemeth Ervin
@ 2000-05-29 8:19 ` jarausch
2000-05-29 8:51 ` Stable? Nemeth Ervin
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From: jarausch @ 2000-05-29 8:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: airwin; +Cc: zsh-users
On 29 May, Nemeth Ervin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I don't want to look impatient, but when will 3.1 become stable? 3.0 is
> getting 4-years old.
>
> Just because most answers in zsh-users contain: "3.1 already has this
> feature", "you can do it by ..., but in 3.1 it is more simple: ..." and so on.
>
Oh, it's super stable. We are using 3.1.6 since ages and
I haven't had any problems with the later 3.1.7 cvs version.
Official 3.1.7 is coming really soon (I think) but for me
the current 3.1.7 cvs version are very good and stable.
--
Helmut Jarausch
Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen
D 52056 Aachen, Germany
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* Re: Stable?
2000-05-29 8:19 ` Stable? jarausch
@ 2000-05-29 8:51 ` Nemeth Ervin
2000-05-29 8:58 ` Stable? Bart Schaefer
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From: Nemeth Ervin @ 2000-05-29 8:51 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: jarausch; +Cc: zsh-users
>>>>> jarausch writes:
[...]
> Oh, it's super stable. We are using 3.1.6 since ages and
> I haven't had any problems with the later 3.1.7 cvs version.
> Official 3.1.7 is coming really soon (I think) but for me
> the current 3.1.7 cvs version are very good and stable.
I see. With all respects -- why is it marked beta?
--
Ervin
"Natura unum os et duas aures nobis dedit, quasi admoneret, ut multa
audiremus et pauca diceremus."
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* Re: Stable?
2000-05-29 8:51 ` Stable? Nemeth Ervin
@ 2000-05-29 8:58 ` Bart Schaefer
2000-05-29 16:21 ` Stable? James Kirkpatrick
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 2000-05-29 8:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nemeth Ervin; +Cc: zsh-users
On May 29, 10:51am, Nemeth Ervin wrote:
} Subject: Re: Stable?
}
} >>>>> jarausch writes:
}
} > Oh, it's super stable. We are using 3.1.6 since ages and
}
} I see. With all respects -- why is it marked beta?
Because it's changing so fast.
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
Zsh: http://www.zsh.org | PHPerl Project: http://phperl.sourceforge.net
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* Re: Stable?
2000-05-29 8:58 ` Stable? Bart Schaefer
@ 2000-05-29 16:21 ` James Kirkpatrick
2000-05-29 18:01 ` Stable? Bart Schaefer
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From: James Kirkpatrick @ 2000-05-29 16:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
OK, I'll play "straight man" in this exchange.
If it's changing so fast, how can it be called stable :-)
Perhaps one needs to distinguish between "stable" and
"production-quality". If the changes are bug fixes then I'd not call it
production-ready. If the changes are additional new features, or the bugs
are extremely obscure, then I might.
Jim
On Mon, 29 May 2000, Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On May 29, 10:51am, Nemeth Ervin wrote:
> } Subject: Re: Stable?
> }
> } >>>>> jarausch writes:
> }
> } > Oh, it's super stable. We are using 3.1.6 since ages and
> }
> } I see. With all respects -- why is it marked beta?
>
> Because it's changing so fast.
>
> --
> Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
> http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
>
> Zsh: http://www.zsh.org | PHPerl Project: http://phperl.sourceforge.net
>
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* Re: Stable?
2000-05-29 16:21 ` Stable? James Kirkpatrick
@ 2000-05-29 18:01 ` Bart Schaefer
2000-05-30 6:50 ` Stable? Nemeth Ervin
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 2000-05-29 18:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: zsh-users
On May 29, 10:21am, James Kirkpatrick wrote:
} Subject: Re: Stable?
}
} OK, I'll play "straight man" in this exchange.
}
} If it's changing so fast, how can it be called stable :-)
It doesn't crash or behave in a destructive manner, i.e., a particular
installation can be stable if you're not trying to follow every little
change via the CVS server on sourceforge.net.
} Perhaps one needs to distinguish between "stable" and
} "production-quality". If the changes are bug fixes then I'd not call it
} production-ready. If the changes are additional new features, or the bugs
} are extremely obscure, then I might.
Most of the bugs are obscure. Occasionally one becomes less obscure in
the course of attempting to fix the obscure ones. But new features are
still being added, too, which means still more obscure bugs.
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
Zsh: http://www.zsh.org | PHPerl Project: http://phperl.sourceforge.net
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* Re: Stable?
2000-05-29 18:01 ` Stable? Bart Schaefer
@ 2000-05-30 6:50 ` Nemeth Ervin
2000-05-30 7:24 ` Stable? Bart Schaefer
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From: Nemeth Ervin @ 2000-05-30 6:50 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Bart Schaefer; +Cc: zsh-users
>>>>> Bart Schaefer writes:
> On May 29, 10:21am, James Kirkpatrick wrote:
> } Subject: Re: Stable?
> }
> } OK, I'll play "straight man" in this exchange.
> }
> } If it's changing so fast, how can it be called stable :-)
> It doesn't crash or behave in a destructive manner, i.e., a particular
> installation can be stable if you're not trying to follow every little
> change via the CVS server on sourceforge.net.
> } Perhaps one needs to distinguish between "stable" and
> } "production-quality". If the changes are bug fixes then I'd not call it
> } production-ready. If the changes are additional new features, or the bugs
> } are extremely obscure, then I might.
> Most of the bugs are obscure. Occasionally one becomes less obscure in
> the course of attempting to fix the obscure ones. But new features are
> still being added, too, which means still more obscure bugs.
So far I've learned that zsh-3.1 is very stable, contains a dosen of new
features and deveoped since a couple of years.
May I suggest closing the 3.0 series declaring it "obsolote" -- no more
bugfixes in it, and "freezing" the 3.1 series to a distibutable package --
probably with versioning 3.2.*.
It would have the advantage that the "development" and "stable" series would
have a smaller Eucledian distance, facilitating the patching of both versions.
I'm only a humble user so I haven't got any word here. It's up to you, dear
developers.
Thank you for listening.
--
Ervin
"Natura unum os et duas aures nobis dedit, quasi admoneret, ut multa
audiremus et pauca diceremus."
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* Re: Stable?
2000-05-30 6:50 ` Stable? Nemeth Ervin
@ 2000-05-30 7:24 ` Bart Schaefer
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From: Bart Schaefer @ 2000-05-30 7:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Nemeth Ervin; +Cc: zsh-users
On May 30, 8:50am, Nemeth Ervin wrote:
} Subject: Re: Stable?
}
} May I suggest closing the 3.0 series declaring it "obsolote" -- no more
} bugfixes in it, and "freezing" the 3.1 series to a distibutable package --
} probably with versioning 3.2.*.
The 3.0 series will become obsolete when 4.0 is released.
The 3.1.7 release is intended to be the last before 4.0.
Hence the about-to-be 3.0.8 should be the last in the 3.0 line. We thought
3.0.6 was going to be the last, but too much new stuff got added to 3.1.6
to call 3.1 production just yet.
--
Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises
http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com
Zsh: http://www.zsh.org | PHPerl Project: http://phperl.sourceforge.net
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