On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:01 AM, C
but, as it has been shown it the past it's not unwise to wait for the x.y.1 release if you are on a productive system.
Release numbers are for the most part... arbitrary. They are more a mark that a release has happened than anything else.. Look at the discussion around the version numbering for 11.4/12.0. The upcoming 11.4 could just have easily been 12.0. People buying into that x.y.1 myth will happily install 11.4, but if it was named 12.0, they would fill up the mailing list with claims that everyone should wait for 12.1.
The point release myth is just that... a myth in virtually all software releases regardless of OS, or developer/company
C.
In openSUSE this may be true, but in the case of KDE it isn't. There are pretty strict rules about what you can and cannot do in certain sorts of releases. x.0.0 releases can break binary compatibility. x.y.0 releases can add new features but cannot break binary compatibility. x.y.z releases can only fix bugs, they cannot add new features at all. Although there may be very rare exceptions, KDE developers stick to these rules very tightly. -Todd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org