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authorRobb Matzke <matzke@llnl.gov>1998-10-30 14:40:46 (GMT)
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Added comment about rewinding the version number to 1.0 for the initial release.
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not concerned about providing bug fixes separate from normal
development for the beta version.
- <p>Version 1.2 will be the first official HDF5 version. The
- version tree will fork at this point with public bug fixes
- provided on the 1.2 branch and development will continue on the
- 1.3 branch.
+ <p>After the beta release we rolled back the version number so the
+ first release is version 1.0 and development will continue on
+ version 1.1. We felt that an initial version of 1.0 was more
+ important than continuing to increment the pre-release version
+ numbers.
<h2>4. Public versus Development</h2>
<p>The motivation for separate public and development versions is
that the public version will receive only bug fixes while the
- development version will receive new features.
+ development version will receive new features. This also allows
+ us to release bug fixes expediently without waiting for the
+ development version to reach a stable state.
<p>Eventually, the development version will near completion and a
new development branch will fork while the original one enters a
@@ -121,23 +124,14 @@
an error message on the standard error stream and aborts.
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