[Semediawiki-user] New user--wait until .7 release?

[Nate O. <na...@te...>]

Greetings, all,

Over the past month I've been learning about SMW bit by bit, and I  
plan to use it as part of a Web-based project I'll be launching  
shortly. First things first: My sincere thanks for all the effort  
that many have devoted to the project. Even to this SemWeb novice,  
it's very cool stuff, and I'm excited to see how it shapes up in the  
coming months.

Second, a basic question: Given current development work and the road  
map for stable releases, would you recommend to someone like me to  
simply wait until version .7 is released before I even begin using  
SMW at all? In other words, are the changes in the .7 code  
substantial enough, and is the estimated release date of .7 close  
enough, to wait it out?

My question is prompted by mentions of various code changes sprinkled  
around the mailing lists, and perhaps especially by this post from  
Markus: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php? 
msg_id=38122827. I'm in a situation where I can afford to wait a  
little while, but on the other hand, if the costs of waiting to  
"build out" my SMW-enabled wiki outweigh the benefits, I'd obviousy  
rather get on with it!

Thanks for your time, and I look forward to our discussions ahead. :)

All best,

Nate