[plt-dev] 4.2 release should go to plt-scheme for testing first?

From: Robby Findler (robby at eecs.northwestern.edu)
Date: Fri May 22 15:27:20 EDT 2009

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:14 PM, John Clements
<clements at brinckerhoff.org> wrote:
>
> On May 22, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
>
>> Are you quoting my message specifically for a reason?
>
> Honestly, the reason that your message prompted my response was that I just
> fixed a bug in the stepper that I asked Eli to add to the release, and this
> code clearly wasn't in the code that you tested. That makes me nervous.

But I don't test the stepper...?

>> And major version bumps are when things are least stable, not most stable!
>
> Yes, but I suspect that major version bumps are those that elicit the "ooh,
> maybe I should try upgrading this thing!" response from casual users.

Perhaps I'm just old now, but I usually refuse to upgrade until the
small number is at least 2. :)

Robby


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