On Fri, 4 Feb 2011, C wrote:
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
I'm all for testing on as many machines and users as possible. But on a *productive* system: NO! Think of software in medics: You, as a patient could easly die, just because the software that controls your breathing during a OP does a segfault. No trouble on a nonessential machine, but if one is bound to create his income on such a machine, a little patience is gold. If a software isn't really hardwarebound, an virtual machine is great. One cant test as one will, if it doesn't work, one uses the stable version on the host machine itself. but as KDE ventures deeper and deeper into direct hardware accelation some fringe effect are not seen in virtual machine testing, but those can kill ones work easily and fast. Generally said: give a new feature-release a month at least to mature before prodution use, if you can wait for it. But if possible test as early as availible on a nonessential machine. I'm NOT furthering a myth, but a bitter tale of caution. It's your life. If you want to life on the egde please do so, but make sure that your possible fall doesn't harm others. I'm working in a very sensitve area, senisitve to failure, which means death or worse to many if something untoward happens. Cheers, Yamaban out (I'd like to have the money for a testing machine) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org