The 8.2 release cycle is mainly for IDE features like autocomplete that could potentially be disruptive and need a bit of iteration.
> On 29 Nov 2017, at 10:15 am, Mark Wieder via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm confused now by the number of unstable releases in flight. > > I'm seeing > LC8.2.0-dp2 dated 11 October 2017 > LC8.1.8-rc2 dated 23 November 2017 > and of course > LC9.0.0-dp10 dated 23 October 2017 > > I'm fine with the slow progress on LC9, although I keep waiting for the CEF > business to be fixed, but I'm puzzled by the two-pronged approach to LC8. Is > there any reason I should even bother with 8.1.8 now that 8.2 is in the > works? 8.1.8-rc2 is a month newer than 8.2.0-dp2. In that case, is there any > reason to bother with 8.2.0 given that there's a month's worth of bugfixes > and improvements in the 8.1 stream that haven't been incorporated into 8.2? > > I take it that if I want to work with Xcode 9.1 I would need to use 8.1.8, > not 8.2.0. But if I want to use the Community Plus features I would need > 8.2.0, not 8.1.8. > > ...and btw I *like* the fact that we have gone back to dp releases, it's just > the confluence of bifurcation and timing that has me confused. > > -- > Mark Wieder > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
