Re: Problem "Stable" is not stable

[Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think the unit tester needs more work. Also, is it really in use anyway?

Jussi


On Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 1:09 PM Christof Thalhofer <chrisml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> a new user who has registered in the German forum gambas-club.de and is
> very interested in Gambas has drawn my attention to a problem that I
> have been aware of for some time:
>
> Users have the impression that Gambas is not stable and that they cannot
> really rely on the programming language “because there are too much
> changes in every new version": He gave the website
> https://www.laurux.fr/ as an example and said that this had been his
> impression for quite a long time.
>
> I had to do a lot of arguing to convince him that Gambas is stable and
> the backwards-compatibility of Gambas is really outstanding and much
> better than many other programming languages.
>
> The reason for his impression is quite simple: What is published on
> Launchpad under the label “stable” is definitely not stable if the minor
> version has just changed. In reality, it takes months for the new minor
> version to become really stable.
>
> At the moment version 3.18 is really really stable!
>
> I think to address this problem we need a different release cycle
> because what is currently offered as "stable" is often damaging the
> reputation of Gambas.
>
> So I suggest that we should think about whether it wouldn't be better to
> label a new version as “testing” and the previous one as “stable” and
> offer both on Launchpad.
>
> Alles Gute
>
> Christof Thalhofer
>
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