On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 07:49:09 -0800 (PST)
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Knuth started with TeX 78, then TeX 80, with many versions. TeX 3.... is
basically the final version with only bugfixes extending the precision.
Jeffrey
> On 12-Dec-2001 Mads Martin J_rgensen wrote:
> > * Sean 'Shaleh' Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Dec 11. 2001 17:37]:
> >> So, 0.61.2 is almost ready to be released screaming into the world.
If
> >> anyone
> >> has a patch floating around that fixes some problem I would love to
hear
> >> about
> >> it. The recent open file descriptor bug shows how much the community
has
> >> depended on the memory of this list to find bugs.
> >
> > Okay, now I'm gonna touch a subject which will probably start a huge
> > flamewar. But nevertheless, I want to mention it.
> >
> > How about calling the upcoming release Blackbox 1.0?
> >
>
> I intend to make a few more 0.61.x releases. After that a 1.0 will most
likely
> occur. Personally I think it is silly, not every piece of software
needs a 1.0
> release. Knuth started at 3.1 and moved towards pi.
>
> I seriously doubt calling it 1.0 will make people use it any more or
less than
> now. Knowing that someone is still involved and releasing versions is
more
> likely to help this.
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