[scribus] Announce: Scribus 1.3.5.RC2

[Craig Bradney]

a.l.e wrote:
> hi craig
> 
>> Major != stable
>>
>> Major = large number of changes/improvements to features and lots of bug
>> fixes etc
>>   
> 
> you are talking to a world of people who speak only broken english...
> 
> i guess we should avoid any possible source of misunderstanding!

Ermm, no, unstable has always been mentioned.. that is the important
term. major/minor/whatever. unstable is unstable
> 
> 
> and, well, if i want to be nitpicking, major relaeses are
> 
> 1.0, 2.0, 3.0

Context is everything

> 
> minor releases are
> 
> 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6
> 
> and patch levels are
> 
> 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.5
> 
> (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versionsnummer)
> 
> as scribus doesn't want to go for 2.0, i'm happy with 1.4 as a major
> release, but certainly i would never label as such a 1.3.5 developement
> release.
> 
> 
> so i'd like you to use terms like development and production versions or
> stable and unstable. officially calling 1.3.5 a major release (with a
> beta version and two release candidates!) will lead to 1.3.5 being seen
> as the current stable release!
> 
> right now people on this list and on irc are suggesting to newbies to
> install and use 1.3.5. i think i will stop contradicting them, if the
> announces are not made a bit more clear...
> i'm not don quichotte!

Nobody ever said that. If they did, shoot them.

Craig