Re: [Devil-linux-develop] Re: [Devil-linux-commit] build/scripts/config config_linux,1.66,1.67

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On 01/06/2004 01:05:48 PM Bruce Smith wrote:
>> i was surprised to hear that you're working/backporting things to
>dl1.0.
>> aren't users upgrading to latest cvs' version?
>
>1.0 is the latest stable version.  It still needs to have security and
>bug fixes.  The average user should be using the 1.0 version.
>
>1.1 is the development version, and may not always be completely stable.
>All new features and major changes go into 1.1, and it takes awhile to
>get all the bugs out.   1.0 only gets fixes, so it remains stable.
>
>Think of it like the Linux kernel.  2.5 is the development version, and
>at the same time 2.4 is still being maintained.  Most end users are
>still using 2.4.  (yeah, I know 2.6 is out now, but forget about that :)

There's not much I can add there, except that the i486 version of 1.0.4
already is on SF and the FTP Server.
i686 is still compiling ( I NEED A FASTER BUILD MACHINE).

Heiko