On Aug 2, 2009, at 11:52 AM, John H Palmieri wrote: > > On Aug 2, 11:19 am, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> > wrote: >> >> If there were only pre-release versions of Sage available, and no >> stable >> release, then a less prominent message may be ok. But when there are >> stable releases, and someone is using one that has not had much >> testing, >> I believe that should be done in the clearest possible terms. >> >> Also, given the very fast release cycle of Sage (compared to >> things like >> Mathematica, not iTunes), by the time someone is using a pre-release >> version, there is probably already a later stable release. > > My view is, it takes some effort to get a prerelease version of Sage. > You don't just go to sagemath.org and click "Download" -- that always > gives you the latest stable version, as far as I can tell. (Do you > have to read sage-devel or sage-release to know about the prerelease > versions?) Because of this, I hope that someone using a prerelease > knows enough about what they're doing that we don't need flashing > lights and ringing bells to warn them -- a reminder should be good > enough.
+1. I like the first option as well. - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
