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Re: Development version string announcement

 

Fine for Fedora.  +1

	Steve

On 8/23/19 5:01 PM, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> Since our previous discussion about the version string for the
> development branch we have had more users confused about what appears to
> be the 5.1 stable version not being able to open board files created by
> a nightly version.  To this end, I am making an executive decision to
> change the development branch version tag to 5.99.0 so that it's obvious
> to users that the development version is newer than the current stable
> version.  I realize that this was not universally popular with all of
> our package devs but given the number of times this has been an issue
> for users I cannot continue to ignore this.  Before I change the tag, do
> any of our package devs need any time to prepare.  If I don't hear
> anything by the end of the weekend, I will update the version tag in the
> master branch on Monday.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Wayne
> 
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