Alan Coopersmith wrote: > John Plocher wrote: >> James Carlson wrote: >>> So, if as you're asserting that only the consolidations may have >>> releases, then exactly what do we tell customers and how do they know >>> what they're getting when they download bits? >> >> Each consolidation has its own way of marking its release value. > > We do? For X, our release value
Sounds to me like there isn't any explicit value to the customer in knowing your release version because your interfaces are stable enough so that it doesn't matter (i.e., everything is effectively a micro release), and you have other mechanisms to enumerate the lists of features you deliver. I'm pretty sure that somewhere in your deliverables or docs you do tell the customer what they are getting (X11r6, Xsun, supported framebuffers, lists of extensions, etc) Either that, or you have a customer need that isn't being met :-) I agree with Jim that there isn't a generalized way to ask this question or how to interpret the answers obtained. I just don't see the connection between this discussion and the opinion content that is the subject of this thread. -John
