When you develop a normal computer program you design, add functionality and fiddle until you think you have what you want to make. Then you enter alpha stage where you test and try the new version until you a sure all necessary functionality is present and of course fix bugs. Then you enter the beta stage where no new functionality is added so only bugs are fixed and in fact if there is a minor bug which is difficult to fix you leave it. After hopefully ample time in the beta stage when everything seems stable you release the program.
Now we go to the Vim world. Here after releasing a new version there follows a year or more with only bugfixes and no new functionality. Then someone (Bram?) decides it is time for a release and then people starts voting for new functionality to be added. A lot of new functionality is added and tested for a short period and the new version is released. I would say that this is exactly the opposite of what the release procedure should be. At least indulge me and release the version you all have been working hard to fix for a year before adding the new functionality. Then if you feel like it you may also release the new and relatively unstable version afterwards, but pedants like me will have a nice stable bugfixed version to install. Best regards and thanks for a wonderful program Andreas -- -- 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/d/optout.
