Marco Franzen writes:
>
> Thanks for the information (and for fixing back then). Before reporting, I did
> go through the list of bugs fixed since 1.10 and of known remaining bugs, but
> my issues were not mentionend there. That is why I decided to report rather
> than to download, especially as my version was marked as the latest "stable"
> release.
Which "list of bugs"? If you're referring to stuff on www.cyclic.com,
be aware that with the transition from the original Cyclic to SourceGear
(and now to OpenAvenue), those pages have not been maintained for quite
a while, now.
> There seem to have been only "interim" releases since the latest "stable"
> version, even if you say it has bugs that "were fixed long ago". If you do not
> release later versions as stable, you will have a good reason not to do so. I
> understand this as "don't use later versions for production unless you have
> to", the later versions being more experimental, for volunteering testers who
> can afford the risk of unstable versions and who are willing to take the risk
> for a brighter future. Also, the GNU ftp site and its many mirrors hold only
> "stable" versions. Please forgive reporting problems with them... ;-)
1.10 was released in Aug. 1998. The main reason for not having a stable
release since has been the above-mentioned transitions. There are lots
of reasons for interim releases -- some are bug fix releases, some are
experimental new feature releases. In the case of 1.10, the interim
releases have been almost all bug fixes and are almost all more stable
than the original 1.10 release. To be specific, I recommend 1.10.8 for
all users, without hesitation, over 1.10.
-Larry Jones
It's going to be a long year. -- Calvin
