in reply to Re: 5.8.1-RC2
in thread 5.8.1-RC2

There's also apparently a difference between the minor revisions - those are maintenance releases and aren't exactly "development". I guess "development" would mean 5.9 and 5.10 while the .1 is just maintenance. I guess that implies differences in what sort of changes are allowed for each - the development track would presumably allow a lot more flexibility in what changes.

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Re: Re: Re: 5.8.1-RC2
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Jul 18, 2003 at 17:07 UTC
    No. Odd numbers are development releases, and evens are offcial releases, and the minor are maintenance releases..

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      Which gets evern more confusing when the tarball name is 5.8.1-RC2, but internal to the makefile(s?) it is called 5.9.0?

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