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Hi, For example, I don't know if the 2008 07 15 version was considered as a stable version at that date! And I am not a new user... And, yes, new (and older) users are confused with this system, and that harms Kicad. Remy Some examples : http://www.geda.seul.org/news/index.html http://www.freepcb.com/ http://qucs.sourceforge.net/
Jean-Pierre has responded twice already to this thread.There is an old axiom in voluntary clubs, organizations, and contributions: those who do the work get to decide.
Just a reminder, there is no telling if a bug is present in software when it is put on the web. Installing and using a release candidate or a final release both assume some risk of a bug. That risk is worth taking in either case, presumably because of new features that come with it, and because developers and users have been testing the svn snapshots all along and have reach an acceptable comfort factor with the risk of a new bug.
I'm not sure why folks are having a problem being different. I for one, have never had a problem doing things differently than others, whether that be different from my neighbor or different from another software project, or different from another software company.
I support Jean-Pierre in whatever keeps life simplest for him. Here is an example of a software project that uses dates for version numbers: Kicad
Maybe we should provide a program which allows the version string to be modified after linking, then folks can give their free software any version that they choose, such as "USE THIS ONE", or "THIS ONE IS BEST", or "5th DOWNLOAD", or "8 POINT OH", or "VERY STABLE", or "ONLY 3 BUGS"
The date string is often the simplest solution for a developer.But then this would be the same opinion I voiced the last time this discussion popped up about 8 months ago,
Dick
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