release schedule , nines and tens
William A. Mahaffey III
wam at hiwaay.net
Mon Dec 7 05:17:37 UTC 2015
On 12/06/15 18:11, spellberg_robert wrote:
> howdy , folks ---
>
> i see that the release schedules for 10.3 and 11.0
> are available much earlier than usual [ start of beta ] .
> this is nice .
> it permits me [ and others ] to plan_ahead ,
> to the extent of the published information .
>
> i remembered seeing a notice , a_while back , that
> the releases would be changed , beginning with the elevens .
> i went back , earlier today , to re_read this notice ,
> so that i would have its content fresh in my mind ,
> before i posed the following questions
> [ see -announce , 2015_feb_03_tue , from mr. seaman ] .
> as i write this , i have it displayed on another screen .
>
> now , i can read_between_the_lines as well as anybody
> [ the support page , with the releases and their eol_dates ,
> is very helpful for guessing ;
> i have that displayed , also , on that other screen
> ] .
> however , i do not like to make assumptions .
> therefore , given that change is approaching
> [ and is , now , ten months closer , relative to the notice ] ,
> i come straight_out and ask :
>
>
>
> a] does anyone know if decisions have been made regarding :
>
> 0] is 9.3 to be the last of the nines or
> is there a plan to release a 9.4 ?
>
> 1] is 10.3 to be the last of the tens or
> is there a plan to release a 10.4 ?
>
> b] if so , what are those decisions ?
>
> c] if not , is there a known or an estimated date for
> the making of the above_described decisions ?
>
>
>
> fwiw , i like to use the highest minor_number ,
> because the dot_zero bugs have been found and fixed .
> i got a lot of mileage out of 4.11 and 6.4
> [ for me , they played like champs ;
> in fact , the only reason for the retiring of 6.4 was
> the acquisition of 64_bit hardware
> ] .
> i never installed a 5 , because of all of the release_controversy .
> a 7.4 was replaced quickly [ acroread would not install ] by 8.4 .
> i am currently running 8.1 , 8.4 , 9.3 and 10.2
> [ 10.2 was an emergency install that , probably ,
> will not survive the release of 10.3
> ] .
> the 8.1 should be replaced [ but , it just keeps working ] .
> the 8.4 is three years newer ; it can wait until the summer .
> i want to settle on the nines and tens
> while i watch the elevens and the new policy shake_out .
>
> thanks , in advance , for any information .
>
> rob
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$0.02 from the cheap seats: I'd love to see a 9.4, maybe 9.5, w/ docker
& 64-bit emulation working AOK .... Oc course I might get stuck there
;-) ....
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William A. Mahaffey III
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