Neal wrote:
> 'Major' releases (roughly corresponding to Linux kernel even releases)
> would occur every ~ 18-36 months. These releases would be full
> executable, doc, etc. This seems to be the crux of what many people
> want. They want a vibrant changing language. But they don't want to
> have to deal with that change. They want longer cycles. We are
> talking about users of the language, not hard-core developers. These
> releases would still go through the alpha, beta, gamma releases. The
> last development release in a cycle would become the first alpha.
> Bugfix or point releases (eg, 2.x.y) would be made as needed, ~ 3
> months. These releases would still go through the alpha, beta, gamma
> releases. This release would be concurrent with the development
> release.
BINGO! That's what I want as a production user. Punctuated equilibrium,
as the paleontologists call it. (I'd tighten up the interval to 12-18
months, but that's a quibble.)
Paul Hughett
