<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/3/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael T. Dean</b> <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On 03/03/2006 03:18 PM, LP Tilly wrote:<br>> My #1 Rule of Software: Avoid any "dot oh" release ( ie 1.0, 10.0, etc. )<br>> First roll out of a major release is rarely ready. I have personally<br>> never seen one.
<br>><br><br>Sweet. Myth's already on "dot nineteen," so it should be (and, actually<br>is) good. ;) (I know what you mean, but really, 0.19.0 is good--and<br>is receiving bugfix updates, unlike 0.18/0.18-fixes.
0.19-fixes is<br>slightly better, so if your packager makes that available, you're set.)</blockquote><div><br><br>I've always admired the philosophy a lot of Linux ( and most Open Source ) developers have of keeping things "
pre-1.0" until they are really solid and stable. MythTV has been around for a few years and I've been following it ( and this list ) off and on since mid 2004. Even then it looked like a good, solid solution and a lot of companies would have released it as a final product. The fact that this hasn't even gone past
0.2 yet shows a dedication to "getting it right".<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">> My #2 Rule of Software: When possible, avoid any "dot even" release ( ie
<br>> 1.2, 10.4, etc )<br>> A "dot odd" ( 10.1 ) comes after a "dot oh". Then a "dot even" comes out<br>> with something "extra", and another "dot odd" will often follow to fix
<br>> something introduced there.<br>><br><br>This rule probably caused you nightmares in the Linux 2.4/2.5<br>timeframe. At least Linus, et. al., decided there was no reason (at<br>least at this time) for a 2.7 version... Of course, that begs the
<br>question of what version you're using now. :) (I know what you mean.<br>Just thought it was funny that this is exactly opposite the historical<br>Linux kernel development philosophy.)</blockquote><div><br>Yeah...but Linux is SPECIAL. :-)
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So, if I wanted to go with .19, would you suggest I pull from
subversion or go with the latest tarball? My guess is subversion for
the most recent fixes, but I appreciate feedback / suggestions.</div></div>