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[Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi folks,

I have started and deleted this email multiple times.  I really don't enjoy
discussions like this, but sometimes they're necessary.

I have ran into quite a few misconceptions recently from non-devs about
what the upcoming release is going to be.  The issues I am seeing seem to
hinge around the word "stable".

As far as I know, every single source commit we make, we intend to be
stable and usable, and we don't really commit half-features very often (if
ever), and I have been seeing users get very confused about that based on
the word "stable" for the upcoming release.

As far as I know, there are going to be two things that make the upcoming
release "special":

1) a feature freeze beforehand so we can run manual tests, make sure our
features work well, and hopefully fix any packaging issues on the main
targets without any churn of new features

2) file format incompatibilities

What about instead of calling it "stable", we called it by a version
number?  Kicad 2.0?  I think more users would understand what we're doing.

This email is primarily directed at Wayne, but I like to keep things in the
open if possible.

Adam Wolf
Cofounder and Engineer
Wayne and Layne