On Wed, 30 Apr 2008, Clinton Jeffery wrote:
> Unicon's permanent beta status is rather curious, don't you think?
> The "eternal golden beta", I call it, reflecting my inability to consider
> Unicon as stable as I would like in a non-beta product. But, we are
I know only too well how long software takes to be good, so I'm OK about
your decision to keep it beta for now.
> about to roll out version 11.5 this summer, and Unicon is being used
What would be nice is more frequent releases, even if they are labelled
as unstable betas. I presume there are constraints that mean you don't
do this, but I think the feedback might help you.
> in many very interesting systems. At some point I would like to stop
> hiding behind my "beta" status.
>
> Regarding the source repository, the Unicon book started as an MSWord
> document (mandated by the prospective publisher) and is currently an
> OpenOffice document, which unfortunately makes it hard to do patches.
Patches are marvellous, but they do seem to have serious limitations
in many cases. But I can't think of a better system, and haven't understood
the differential mode of HTTP for example.
> I don't see myself converting it to groff or latex or HTML anytime soon.
> The openoffice source is available (it is an open document) but corrections
> via e-mail or bug report are usually just as good or better than sending me
The thing is to be correcting against the latest version. That way
people don't duplicate corrections, and they see progress in the book
which encourages interaction. The version 3 PDF has been version 3 for
a while. Maybe the rollout to PDF makes frequent updates painful.
I don't think people would mind seeing version numbers 3.0.113 because
book writing takes ages.
> an edited version of the document file.
Thanks for the other email about the w parameter.
>
> Cheers,
> Clint
>
Hugh
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