* Moshe Goldfarb. peremptorily fired off this memo:
> On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:07:27 -0400, Linonut wrote:
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>> <long list snipped>
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>> What's your point with this list?
>
> Look at the version numbers...
> And please let's not get into the endless "what does a 1.0+ version really
> mean".
> The typical Linux application is loaded to the gunwales with beta software.
The version numbers don't mean much. Some guys are afraid to commit to
version 1, other guys approach it asymptotically.
slrn is at 0.9.9 now, but it is essentially feature complete and well
written.
Fluxbox just turned 1.0, but it's been at 0.9 for years.
Streamtuner is at 0.99.99, but it's been that way for years.
mrxvt is at 0.5.3, but it is essentially feature-complete and stable.
gimp, firefox, openoffice, glibc, gcc/g++, gdb, vim, KDE (well, 3.5
anyway), Gnome, valgrind, lyx, nautilus, are all in advanced versions
and in no way are beta software.
You'd be hard-pressed to find any correlation between version number and
code-quality. Maybe a small correlation, since version numbers can only
go up as time goes on, and code quality almosts always improves (except
when somebody decides to completely refactor their project or
convert it to another language. Taskjuggler 2.4 is still being
maintained, for example, but Taskjuggler III is now being written in
Ruby, IIRC.)
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