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Subject: Re: 8.1-RELEASE and cddl-sources from STABLE
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on 29/10/2010 16:44 rainer@ultra-secure.de said the following:
>> on 29/10/2010 15:26 rainer@ultra-secure.de said the following:
>>> Does that actually make sense?
>>> Or should we just upgrade to STABLE and live with the problems?
>>> ;-)
>>
>> What problems?
> 
> I don't know.
> If all was good, we wouldn't have to wait until January for RELEASE, right?
> ;-)

Releases are produced based on time policy (e.g. every half a year), we are not
waiting for anything in particular.

> Seriously, though, we have a policy to only install a release if it's
> called RELEASE.

Even if you seriously mangle half a source tree by hand? - This is in regard to
your original question.

IMO, stable branch is the best release.

-- 
Andriy Gapon