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

FWIW, I don't think we should delay the release, but instead just
release with a note that there were major low-level changes, so users
should expect more bugs than usual.

Robby

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:54 PM, John Clements
<clements at brinckerhoff.org> wrote:
>
> On May 22, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Robby Findler wrote:
>
>> 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...?
>
> True.
>
>>>> 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. :)
>
> Yep.
>
> If no one else is concerned, I don't have a problem.
>
> John
>
>