bug-gnulib
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: New stable snapshot


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: New stable snapshot
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 10:53:25 +0100
User-agent: KMail/1.9.9

Hi Ian,

> I've released a new stable snapshot. See attached NEWS.stable for details.

Thanks for doing this. It's time to advertise your stable releases a little
more. Here's a proposed doc change:


2010-03-09  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        * doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Steady Development): Mention Ian Beckwith's
        stable releases.

--- doc/gnulib-intro.texi.orig  Tue Mar  9 10:50:43 2010
+++ doc/gnulib-intro.texi       Tue Mar  9 10:50:24 2010
@@ -312,10 +312,23 @@
 
 Gnulib modules are continually adapted, to match new practices, to be
 consistent with newly added modules, or simply as a response to build
-failure reports.  We don't make releases, but instead recommend to use the
-newest version of Gnulib from the Git repository, except in periods of major
-changes.  The source tree can also be fetched from a read-only CVS that
-mirrors the Git repository.
+failure reports.  Gnulib is available in two qualities:
+
address@hidden
address@hidden
+There is the newest version of Gnulib from the Git repository.  The
+source tree can also be fetched from a read-only CVS that mirrors the Git
+repository.
+
address@hidden
+We also make stable releases every two months, at
address@hidden://erislabs.net/ianb/projects/gnulib/}.
address@hidden itemize
+
+If you are willing to report an occasional regression, we recommend to
+use the newest version always, except in periods of major changes.  Most
+Gnulib users do this.  If you prefer stable releases, please use the
+newest stable release.
 
 @node Openness
 @section Openness




reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]