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Stable vs Development -- What is the latest version. #260

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I have a 3.17.4 which I have been running for a while.  On January 1st a 
version 3.16.3 appeared on FreeCode. It haa a newer date (Dec 20) than the 17.4 
(Dec 05).

What's the correct new version?

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Michael....@gmail.com on 2 Jan 2013 at 2:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
As you may check in the wiki, there's a stable series (even numbers: 3.14, 
3.16, etc.) and a development series (odd numbers: 3.15, 3.17, etc.).
Stable releases contain well-tested features, and get hot fixes if there's a 
need for them.
Development releases are for testing new stuff which will eventually migrate 
(be backported) into a stable release, or, in rare cases, form the basis for an 
all-new stable series.
Downloads on GoogleCode are tagged accordingly.

It looks like you went from 3.16.something to 3.17.4 although the description 
of that release on FreeCode clearly says that it's not for production use. In 
other words, if it breaks, you've got to keep the parts.
Besides this, there should have been news telling you that 3.17.5 isn't ready 
yet (right at the start of GeoToad) - but there's good news now: there will be 
one soon which incorporates the latest fixes already in 3.16.3 - stay tuned.

You may go back to 3.16 at any point but you may lose some new functionality. 
Or you stay with 3.17 and help testing it.

Modifying Issue type and prio...

Original comment by Steve8x8 on 2 Jan 2013 at 4:20

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
As of today, 3.16.8 is the latest stable release, and if there are no 
unexpected changes to the gc site which render GeoToad unusable, it will be the 
last one in the 3.16 series.
Development will reach a 3.17.9 release within the next few days (main new 
feature: see issue 275). It will be around for a couple of weeks, and 
eventually (with some minor modifications) become 3.18.0.
The split between stable and development versions will then close, at least for 
a while. There are not many enhancements currently in the queue which would 
justify having two separate source code trees...

Original comment by Steve8x8 on 27 Jun 2013 at 1:05

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
In a few weeks, 3.18.0 will be released. It will be the first version in a 
series which doesn't distinguish between development and stable anymore.
With commit r1418, trunk and branch have almost converged (the only differences 
being the version history, and the Wiki pointers).

Original comment by Steve8x8 on 24 Aug 2013 at 12:59

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
3.16.9 and 3.17.10 have converged with the goal to get a 3.18.0 release out.
Due to recent changes at GS, there was a need for a pre-release which has been 
numbered 3.17.11 - it's the direct successor of both 3.16.9 and 3.17.10, and 
will eventually be upgraded to 3.18.0. There might be a 3.17.12 in between...

You will be offered an upgrade from both 3.16 and 3.17 via the wiki 
notification mechanism (and the deb repository). Feel free to follow the 
invitation, or wait for 3.18.0.

IMPORTANT: Check the "Dictionary" wiki page, you really want to prepare a 
dictionary to reduce the number of requests sent to GS's servers.

Original comment by Steve8x8 on 12 Sep 2013 at 11:42

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
3.17 has been deprecated. 3.18.0 is out

Original comment by Steve8x8 on 24 Sep 2013 at 10:05