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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:42:30 -0400
From: Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>
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On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:58:19AM +0100, Pete French wrote:
> > still considered stable.  After the 5.3 release it is expected
> > 5.X will become stable.  At that point I'm not sure what to call
> 
> Is that the point at which this list becomes the correct place to ask
> questions about 5.X on as opposed to current ? 
> 

Yes.  People will need to show a little tolerance both here and on
the -current mailing list for a while as people get used to it.  Again
I'm afraid this isn't going to be like flipping a switch at the date
5.3 gets released and everything changes instantly.  It will take a
little while for things to settle down.  But that's the nature of
change/progress/etc, right?  :-)

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