On 03/02/2017 07:50 PM, Nathan Schulte wrote:
I guess it's because wine supports multiple concurrent releases.
No we don't do that. There won't be a 1.8.8.
The main reasons why I cut a final 1.8.7 release after the 2.0 came out:
- Current supported distribution versions won't upgrade from 1.8.x to 2.0. They will (hopefully) do the switch in their next version.
- Ubuntu 16.10 LTS came out with Wine 1.6.2 even though 1.8.3 was out already. So I wouldn't wonder if they'll use 1.8.7 in their next LTS... I don't particularly care about Ubuntu but that's how most of our new users make their first contact with Wine.
- It is very easy for me to do an old stable release after the new stable was cut. With the code freeze prior to a new stable release only small bug fixes and most importantly regression fixes go in. So there is a high density of good commits to cherry pick for the old stable.
bye michael
-- Nate
On Mar 2, 2017 12:48, <version2013@openmailbox.org mailto:version2013@openmailbox.org> wrote:
I still have much to learn. Why have a 1.8.7 maintenance release after a 2.0 stable release? In advance, thank you for sharing your knowledge as to why.