Re: [Plib-users] sgCompareVec* documented incorrectly?

[Steve B. <sjb...@ai...>]

Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 09 Aug 2001 11:45:27 -0500, Steve Baker <sjb...@ai...>
> wrote in <3B7...@ai...>:
> 
> >
> > We knew about this error already - but didn't want to just change
> > sgCompareVecN in PLIB 1.4.x because we were not sure whether any
> > packages relied upon the broken behavior...then we just forgot to
 
> ..do these include SimGear and FlightGear?

I doubt it.

> ..for SimGear and FlightGear, should we use plib 1.4.x
> or 1.5.x ?

We use the Linux kernel team's convention of using an even
number in the second digit of the version number to indicate
a "stable" release with an odd number indicating a 'beta' test
version.

So I'd hope that *developers* of FlightGear would regularly
test against PLIB 1.5.x so that they don't get any nasty suprises
when 1.6.x appears.

End users of FGFS should use 1.4.x since they are only interested
in something that works well right *NOW* and PLIB 1.5.x could well
have bugs, be hard to install or be incompatible with the latest
FGFS...that's why its 'in beta'.

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