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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Den 24/02/2015 17.00 skrev "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.

That is a release IMHO. That is also the descriptive wore I would use
instead of the word stable.

> 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
>
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