Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On 27/07/13 18:47, Zdenek Sekera wrote: > > On 07/19/2013 10:51 PM, tux- wrote: > >> Zdenek Sekera schrob am Freitag, 19. Juli 2013 um 22:40 Zeit: > >> > >>> Has the probable release date for 7.4 been set already? > >> When it's done. > >> > > Thanks for useful reply, I really wouldn't guess that without your help. > > > > That's how it's always been with Vim: there is no fixed schedule for > releases, the next release happens when all of the following conditions > are met: > - there has been enough changes since the previous release to justify a > new one > - the new changes have "baked" long enough in (alpha and) beta to give > an impression of stability (especially in Bram's opinion); nothing > important seems to be half done > - Bram has enough free time to build and publish a new release. > > In this case, the most visible new feature in Vim 7.4 is the new regexp > engine, but I see a steady stream of new bugfixes for it coming almost > every time I run "hg in" in the Vim repository so I wouldn't think it > has yet reached "stability". Exactly how long it will have to go on > baking is anyone's guess, or at least /I/ wouldn't venture to guess.
The new regexp engine is "almost stable". The problems we find now are corner cases, e.g. empty parts. Unfortunately, with a regexp engine there are many corner cases. While working on the new engine I also found bugs in the old engine... Anyway, to fix out-of-stack crashes I had to make some changes that affect many patterns, thus we do need to more time to see if it causes new problems. It will have caused a minor slowdown (more states on the stack), but would be hardly noticeable. > Of several features which were new in 7.3, the one which seems (to me, > and at first glance) most visible in the list of bugfixes between 7.3.0 > and the current 7.4b.*, is support for Python 3, which can be > compiled-in with or without the older Python 2 support. We'll see if it > still sees new bugs after the 7.4 release. We all hope it doesn't, but > only time will tell. -- Don't believe everything you hear or anything you say. /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
